Memo::It

Clever memoization helper that uses Ruby internals instead of meta-programming.

Usage

Requiring the gem will add a memo method to the Object class so that you can just use it like so:

  def load_stuff_from_the_web
    memo do
      # some expensive operation like HTTP request
      # the return value of the block will be memoized
      HTTPClient.get('https://github.com/phoet/memo-it')
    end
  end

In case you want to memoize something that has parameters, memo-it will just use all local variables in scope to determine the memoization:

  def load_repo(name =  'memo-it')
    memo do
      # in this case the result will be memoized per name
      HTTPClient.get("https://github.com/phoet/#{name}")
    end
  end

If, on the other hand, you want to memoize parameters but ignore one of them, you can do this by adding it to the :ignore list:

  def load_repo(name =  'memo-it', time = Time.now)
    memo(ignore: :time) do
      # in this case the result will be memoized per name
      HTTPClient.get("https://github.com/phoet/#{name}?time=#{time}")
    end
  end

Or provide a list of parameters to ignore:

  def load_repo(name =  'memo-it', time = Time.now, other = 'irrelevant')
    memo(ignore: [:time, :other]) do
      # in this case the result will be memoized per name
      HTTPClient.get("https://github.com/phoet/#{name}?time=#{time}&other=#{other}")
    end
  end

Installation

As a Gem

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'memo-it'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install memo-it

Copy & Paste

If you don't want to include yet another Gem, just run this in your shell:

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phoet/memo-it/master/bin/install)"

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/memo-it. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.