File cache for images

[Дамјан Георгиевски]

I'm looking for a way to cache some modified images as files (in a python
program ofcourse). The scenario would look like this:

getmodifiedimag e(filename):
is it in cache?
is the cache up to date (not older than file)
if not, modify filename and store in cache (keyed by filename +
modification)
return modified image


I'm looking for prior-art before inventing it myself :)



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[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: File cache for images

"me@here.there. nowhere" wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm looking for a way to cache some modified images as files (in a python
> program ofcourse). The scenario would look like this:
>
> getmodifiedimag e(filename):
> is it in cache?
> is the cache up to date (not older than file)
> if not, modify filename and store in cache
> (keyed by filename + modification)
> return modified image
>
> I'm looking for prior-art before inventing it myself :)[/color]

I'm not sure what "modify filename" means, but a straightforward
solution is not that much longer than your pseudocode:

def getmodifiedimag e(filename, cache={}):
try:
image, mtime = cache[filename]
if mtime < os.path.getmtim e(filename):
raise KeyError
except KeyError:
image = open(filename, "rb").read( ) # or something
cache[filename] = image, os.path.getmtim e(filename)
return image

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[Дамјан Георгиевски]

Re: File cache for images

> I'm looking for a way to cache some modified images as files (in a python[color=blue]
> program ofcourse). The scenario would look like this:
>
> getmodifiedimag e(filename):
> is it in cache?
> is the cache up to date (not older than file)
> if not, modify filename and store in cache (keyed by filename +
> modification)
> return modified image
>
>
> I'm looking for prior-art before inventing it myself :)[/color]

I've read Fredrik Lundh answer on Google Groups, since it didn't appear on
my news server.
[color=blue][color=green]
>> I'm not sure what "modify filename" means[/color][/color]

I dont want to cache file in memory (a dict in your ex.), access to the file
is cheap. I want to modify the image (say create a thumbnail, or watermark
it) and cache the thumbnail in a file.

.... but anyway it should be easy to implement really... It's just I've had a
fealing I miss something... well maybe I miss the implementation of
removing least recently used files in the cache, when the cache becomes
full (as configured).

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