=head1 SYNOPSIS
-#include <memcached.h>
+ #include <memcached.h>
-unsigned long long memcached_behavior_get(memcached_st *ptr, memcached_behavior flag);
-memcached_return memcached_behavior_set(memcached_st *ptr, memcached_behavior flag, void *data);
+ unsigned long long
+ memcached_behavior_get (memcached_st *ptr,
+ memcached_behavior flag);
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+ memcached_return
+ memcached_behavior_set (memcached_st *ptr,
+ memcached_behavior flag,
+ void *data);
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
libmemcached(3) behavior can be modified by use memcached_behavior_set().
Default behavior is the library strives to be quick and accurate. Some
-behavior, like , while being faster can also result in not entirely accurate
-behavior (for instance memcached_set will always respond with
-MEMCACHED_SUCCES).
+behavior, while being faster, can also result in not entirely accurate
+behavior (for instance, memcached_set() will always respond with
+C<MEMCACHED_SUCCESS>).
memcached_behavior_get() takes a behavior flag and returns whether or not
that behavior is currently enabled in the client.
memcached_behavior_set() changes the value of a particular option of the
client. It takes both a flag (listed below) and a value. For simple on or
-off options you just need to pass in a value of 1.
+off options you just need to pass in a value of 1. Calls to
+memcached_behavior_set() will flush and reset all connections.
+
+=over 4
-=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK,
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_NO_BLOCK
-Causes libmemcached(3) to use asycronous IO. This is the fastest transport
-available.
+Causes libmemcached(3) to use asychronous IO. This is the fastest transport
+available for storage functions. For read operations it is currently
+similar in performance to the non-blocking method (this is being
+looked into).
-=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_TCP_NODELAY,
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_TCP_NODELAY
Turns on the no-delay feature for connecting sockets (may be faster in some
-setups).
+environments).
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH
+
+Makes the default hashing algorithm for keys use MD5. The value can be set to either MEMCACHED_HASH_DEFAULT, MEMCACHED_HASH_MD5, MEMCACHED_HASH_CRC, MEMCACHED_HASH_FNV1_64, MEMCACHED_HASH_FNV1A_64, MEMCACHED_HASH_FNV1_32, MEMCACHED_HASH_FNV1A_32, MEMCACHED_HASH_KETAMA. The behavior for all hashes but MEMCACHED_HASH_DEFAULT is identitical to the Java driver written by Dustin Sallings.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_DISTRIBUTION
+
+Using this you can enable different means of distributing values to servers.
+The default method is MEMCACHED_DISTRIBUTION_MODULA. You can enable
+consistent hashing by setting MEMCACHED_DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT.
+Consistent hashing delivers better distribution and allows servers to be
+added to the cluster with minimal cache losses.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CACHE_LOOKUPS
+
+Memcached can cache named lookups so that DNS lookups are made only once.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SUPPORT_CAS
+
+Support CAS operations (this is not enabled by default at this point in the server since it imposes a slight performance penalty).
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_POLL_TIMEOUT
+
+Modify the timeout value that is used by poll(). The default value is -1. An signed int pointer must be passed to memcached_behavior_set() to change this value. For memcached_behavior_get() a signed int value will be cast and returned as the unsigned long long.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_USER_DATA
+
+This allows you to store a pointer to a specifc piece of data. This can be
+retrieved from inside of memcached_fetch_execute(). Cloning a memcached_st
+
+will copy the pointer to the clone. This was deprecated in 0.14 in favor
+of memcached_callback_set(3). This will be removed in 0.15.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_BUFFER_REQUESTS
+
+Enabling buffered IO causes commands to "buffer" instead of being sent. Any
+action that gets data causes this buffer to be be sent to the remote
+connection. Quiting the connection or closing down the connection will also
+cause the buffered data to be pushed to the remote connection.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_VERIFY_KEY
+
+Enabling this will cause libmemcached(3) to test all keys to verify that they
+are valid keys.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_SORT_HOSTS
+
+Enabling this will cause hosts that are added to be placed in the host list in
+sorted order. This will defeat consisten hashing.
+
+=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
-=item MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_MD5_HASHING,
+In non-blocking mode this changes the value of the timeout during socket
+connection.
-Makes the default hashing algorithm for keys use RSA's MD5.
+=back
=head1 RETURN
=head1 HOME
-To find out more information please check: http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html
+To find out more information please check:
+L<http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
=head1 AUTHOR
-Brian Aker, brian@tangent.org
+Brian Aker, E<lt>brian@tangent.orgE<gt>
=head1 SEE ALSO