[Catalyst] Cannot create a cache

[Matt S Trout]

Ian Docherty wrote:
> Perrin Harkins wrote:
>> Ian Docherty wrote:
>>> I have a hash which is acting as my cache but even if I put values 
>>> into it, on the next request the hash is empty.
>>
>> Are you aware that apache runs multiple processes and that each 
>> process has a different copy of your %cache variable?  You will not 
>> get the same process each time.  If you want to share between 
>> processes, you need something like Cache::FastMmap.
>>
>> - Perrin
> Perrin
> Excellent. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Yes I should have thought 
> of that point but it was eluding me. I just *knew* that it was something 
> pretty fundamental!

/me points at Catalyst::Plugin::Cache on CPAN

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