I feel something like this would actually be really useful in Memcached.
On Friday, August 3, 2012 11:28:40 PM UTC+1, Michael FIG wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've made a few little experiments with Memcached, and it fits my needs > well for 90% of my web application that is a simple CGI or FastCGI with > request/response services. The rest of my web app is a set of long-running > daemons that subscribe to a message queue and wait for events they're > interested in. > > Has there been any thought put in to having a publish/subscribe or other > async notifications as part of the Memcached protocol? I can imagine a > client requesting a "SUBSCRIBE key-name-or-prefix" from all their servers > so that they get back "UPDATED key value" or "DELETED key value" from each > server as it detects a modification to that key or prefix. > > If there is interest, I would be happy to work on the patch myself, given > any guidance you can offer. > > Thanks for Memcached, and looking forward to your reply, > Michael. >
