ExpiringLRUCache and The CLOCK Algorithm: A Fun Dive into Python Caching

Introduction

Caching is a common technique that programs use to speed up access to slow data sources by keeping a copy of the data in fast access memory. In Python, we can implement this concept in many ways, but let's talk about an exciting one: The ExpiringLRUCache!

What is ExpiringLRUCache?

ExpiringLRUCache is a cache implementation that combines two powerful concepts: The Least Recently Used (LRU) cache eviction policy and an expiration time for cache entries. In simple terms, it remembers …

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