[Catalyst] using a persistent hash in a model

[Matt S Trout]

On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 04:52:19PM +0200, Daniel McBrearty wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I want to use a persistent hash in a model, using (I guess) Storable.
> The hash would get inititalised in new, and modified in the model. I
> would use lock_store to save any changes as data is modified in the
> model class.
> 
> This would be OK in the test app, but as the app will get used under
> fast_cgi, is this safe? Given that there can be a number of cat
> instances running, presumably there will be as many model classes, and
> therefore they will not be in sync as data is updated?
> 
> Is there any easy way to keep some ad-hoc persistent data out of the 
> database?

For a single machine deployment I'd try DBM::Deep

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