2011/4/11 Andrew Garrett <agarr...@wikimedia.org> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Roan Kattouw <roan.katt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What we store in memcached is a serialized version of the preprocessor > > XML tree, keyed on the MD5 hash of the wikitext input, unless it's too > > small, like Platonides said. This means that if the exact same input > > is fed to the preprocessor twice, it will do part of the work only one > > and cache the intermediate result. > > Yes, I implemented this with Tim's help to try to cut down on the CPU > load caused by lots of Cite templates, IIRC. If I recall correctly, > the performance benefit was not particularly substantial. >
Ok, coming bac to my idea of building small "libraries of work-specific templates into a unique template" doesn't seems a particularly brilliant one; something that can be done only if templates merged into one are simple, and few, and only for contributor's comfort, if any. Thanks for your interest! Alex _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
