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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could we write the global cache in the user's config directory next to 
where we write fp-lib-table?

If we cache global, we might not need project-based caching.

-Seth

On 2019-07-23 11:39, Jeff Young wrote:
> Hi Rene,
>
> Separate global and local caches would certainly be a refinement.
>
> It’s not free, though, as platforms differ on where an appropriate
> place to write a global cache is.  And the code has to be able to
> combine the two (that might be easy or it might not — it’s been too
> long since I’ve been in that area to remember).
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> > On 23 Jul 2019, at 09:33, Rene Pöschl <poeschlr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason why this file is even part of the project directory? 
> > I kind of assume it holds the info of all footprints. (If i am 
> > misinformed about that then ignore my inquiry.) Meaning for most users 
> > will most likely be mostly system libs that can easily change while 
> > one does not work on the project for a longer time. Might it be better 
> > to have a global cache for the global libs and a local one for the 
> > local ones?
> >
> > On 23/07/19 01:03, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > > Odd question here but why do we have fp-info-cache?  Was there a bug
> > > report for these or just speed improvements?
> > >
> > > On my system, it is the difference between 1 second vs. 3 seconds 
> > > during
> > > the first footprint list load (full standard + personal libraries).
> > > Does it make a bigger difference on other systems?  I assume so but I
> > > was wondering if we have some data here?
> > >
> > > I'd like to make storing it an option.  I've been working on 
> > > templates
> > > recently and keep needing to delete the extra files from the 
> > > directory
> > > (caches should not be valid for templates).
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > > Seth
> > >
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