How would you implement a time expiry hash table in python?











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I was just wondering how one might efficiently implement a time expiry hash table such that keys-value pairs expire after a specified time interval.










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  • Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
    – Red Cricket
    Nov 10 at 22:34










  • Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
    – kir bak
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  • What happens when they "expire"?
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  • You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
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I was just wondering how one might efficiently implement a time expiry hash table such that keys-value pairs expire after a specified time interval.










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  • Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
    – Red Cricket
    Nov 10 at 22:34










  • Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
    – kir bak
    Nov 10 at 22:55










  • What happens when they "expire"?
    – gilch
    Nov 10 at 23:07










  • You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
    – Michael
    Nov 11 at 0:57













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  • Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
    – Red Cricket
    Nov 10 at 22:34










  • Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
    – kir bak
    Nov 10 at 22:55










  • What happens when they "expire"?
    – gilch
    Nov 10 at 23:07










  • You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
    – Michael
    Nov 11 at 0:57


















  • Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
    – Red Cricket
    Nov 10 at 22:34










  • Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
    – kir bak
    Nov 10 at 22:55










  • What happens when they "expire"?
    – gilch
    Nov 10 at 23:07










  • You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
    – Michael
    Nov 11 at 0:57
















Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
– Red Cricket
Nov 10 at 22:34




Do you have a example of what a expiry hash table is? Have your implemented this in another language?
– Red Cricket
Nov 10 at 22:34












Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
– kir bak
Nov 10 at 22:55




Nope...I was just wondering what a feasible logic might be
– kir bak
Nov 10 at 22:55












What happens when they "expire"?
– gilch
Nov 10 at 23:07




What happens when they "expire"?
– gilch
Nov 10 at 23:07












You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
– Michael
Nov 11 at 0:57




You may want to check out cachetools which has a TTL cache that seems to do what your describing.
– Michael
Nov 11 at 0:57

















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