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The App::Cache module lets an application cache data locally. There are a
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few times an application would need to cache data: when it is retrieving
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information from the network or when it has to complete a large
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calculation.
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For example, the Parse::BACKPAN::Packages module downloads a file off the
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net and parses it, creating a data structure. Only then can it actually
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provide any useful information for the programmer.
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Parse::BACKPAN::Packages uses App::Cache to cache both the file download
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and data structures, providing much faster use when the data is cached.
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This module stores data in the home directory of the user, in a dot
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directory. For example, the Parse::BACKPAN::Packages cache is actually
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stored underneath "~/.parse_backpan_packages/cache/". This is so that
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permissions are not a problem - it is a per-user, per-application cache.
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Cache/
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