timeout {memoise} | R Documentation |
Return a new number after a given number of seconds
Description
This function will return a number corresponding to the system time and remain stable until a given number of seconds have elapsed, after which it will update to the current time. This makes it useful as a way to timeout and invalidate a memoised cache after a certain period of time.
Usage
timeout(seconds, current = as.numeric(Sys.time()))
Arguments
seconds |
Number of seconds after which to timeout. |
current |
The current time as a numeric. |
Value
A numeric that will remain constant until the seconds have elapsed.
See Also
Examples
a <- function(n) { runif(n) }
memA <- memoise(a, ~timeout(10))
memA(2)
[Package memoise version 2.0.1 Index]