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Re: lynx-dev caching after \ (was why reload etc?)
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David Combs |
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Re: lynx-dev caching after \ (was why reload etc?) |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 05:26:30 -0700 (PDT) |
> From address@hidden Wed Jul 8 15:55:26 1998
> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 15:39:48 -0500 (CDT)
> To: address@hidden
>
> >(1) should Lynx cache ALL source files?
> > -- there seems to be strong feeling by users with limited resources
> > that this would not be useful enough to justify the load involved;
>
> >(2) should Lynx cache JUST THOSE source files obtained by \ ?
> > -- some of us believe this would indeed be very useful
> > when trying to track down what's wrong with someone's bad HTML
> > & would not happen often enough to overload anyone's system.
>
> Actually, these are the same question, just two (of the three) different
> answers to the question: "How much source do you cache: None, only when
> asked to, or all?" I believe a strong case could be made for each of
> these under certain circumstances.
>
> The best solution that will make *everybody* happy would be to have a
> compile-time option (userdefs.h or similar) to either cache or not.
>
RUNTIME-option!!!!!
The code for DOING the caching can't take up much room, likely,
so make it a RUNTIME-option.