[wp-hackers] Caching as part of the core

[Chason Chaffin]

While I agree that fragment caching would be useful, it sounds like something that would be better as a plugin, since generalizing it would be a difficult problem, and I'd rather see how it works before adding more features into core. 

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On Jul 21, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Mike Schinkel <mike at newclarity.net> wrote:

> On Jul 21, 2012, at 8:56 PM, John Blackbourn <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If there were a fragment caching API, the only difference in this bit
>> of code would be the name of the functions used to retrieve and store
>> the fragment. 
> 
> Actually, no.  A fragment caching API would benefit from numerous potential criteria that can select or invalidate the cache such as current time, current $post->ID, if the current page us an archive page or and is so what type, and a whole lot more. 
> 
> Clearly a fragment cache can be developed using an object cache but it takes time and experience to determine what fragment-specific features are needed and what architectures work the best. And that's exactly what a community of open-source developers is better at than a single developer hence why adding such an API to core as well as other caching APIs would be beneficial. IMO.
> 
> -Mike
> 
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