memcached protocol. The code has all been written with an eye to allow
for both web and embedded usage. It handles the work behind routing
particular keys to specific servers that you specify (and values are
-matched based on server order as supplied by you).
+matched based on server order as supplied by you). It implements both
+a modula and consistent method of object distribution.
-The aim is to support multiple routing and hashing methods. Currently only
-two hashing methods are supported, a quick built-in routine, and MD5. For
-routing, a simple modulus method is currently used.
+There are multiple implemented routing and hashing methods. See the
+memcached_behavior page.
All operations are performed against a C<memcached_st> structure.
These structures can either be dynamically allocated or statically
Nearly all functions return a C<memcached_return> value.
This value can be translated to a printable string with memcached_strerr(3).
+Partitioning based on keys is supported in the library. Using the key partioning
+functions it is possible to group sets of object onto servers.
+
C<memcached_st> structures are thread-safe, but each thread must
contain its own structure (that is, if you want to share these among
threads you must provide your own locking). No global variables are
used in this library.
+If you are working with GNU autotools you will want to add the following to
+your configure.ac to properly include libmemcached in your application.
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DEPS, libmemcached >= 0.8.0)
+AC_SUBST(DEPS_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(DEPS_LIBS)
+
Some features of the library must be enabled through memcached_behavior_set().
+
Hope you enjoy it!
+=head1 THREADS AND PROCESSES
+
+When using threads or forked processes it is important to keep an instance
+of C<memcached_st> per process or thread. Without creating your own locking
+structures you can no share a single C<memcached_st>. You can though call
+memcached_close(3) on a C<memcached_st> and then use the resulting cloned
+structure.
+
=head1 HOME
To find out more information please check:
=head1 SEE ALSO
-memcached(1) libmemcached_examples(3) libmemcached(1) memcat(1) memcp(1) memflush(1) memrm(1) memslap(1) memstat(1) memcached_fetch(3) memcached_replace(3) memcached_server_list_free(3) libmemcached_examples(3) memcached_free(3) memcached_server_add(3) memcached_server_push(3) memcached_add(3) memcached_get(3) memcached_server_count(3) memcached_servers_parse(3) memcached_create(3) memcached_increment(3) memcached_server_list(3) memcached_set(3) memcached_decrement(3) memcached_mget(3) memcached_server_list_append(3) memcached_strerror(3) memcached_delete(3) memcached_quit(3) memcached_server_list_count(3) memcached_verbosity(3)
+memcached(1) libmemcached_examples(3) libmemcached(1) memcat(1) memcp(1) memflush(1) memrm(1) memslap(1) memstat(1) memcached_fetch(3) memcached_replace(3) memcached_server_list_free(3) libmemcached_examples(3) memcached_clone(3) memcached_free(3) memcached_server_add(3) memcached_server_push(3) memcached_add(3) memcached_get(3) memcached_server_count(3) memcached_servers_parse(3) memcached_create(3) memcached_increment(3) memcached_server_list(3) memcached_set(3) memcached_decrement(3) memcached_mget(3) memcached_server_list_append(3) memcached_strerror(3) memcached_delete(3) memcached_quit(3) memcached_server_list_count(3) memcached_verbosity(3) memcached_server_add_unix_socket(3) memcahed_result_create(3) memcached_result_free(3) memcached_result_key_value(3) memcached_result_key_length(3) memcached_result_value(3) memcached_result_length(3) memcached_result_flags(3) memcached_result_cas(3) memcached_result_st(3) memcached_append(3) memcached_prepend(3) memcached_fetch_result(3) memerror(1) memcached_get_by_key(3) memcached_mget_by_key(3) memcached_delete_by_key(3)
=cut
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