# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1511037331 -3600
# Node ID 99d85731e3ee7aa77ff80c8656f6022374503ca5
# Parent  fbe1f99fb245e196369beba4c5309fc045b8e3e3
util.cache: Add a method to resize the cache

diff -r fbe1f99fb245 -r 99d85731e3ee util/cache.lua
--- a/util/cache.lua	Tue Nov 07 00:38:47 2017 +0100
+++ b/util/cache.lua	Sat Nov 18 21:35:31 2017 +0100
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@
 	return tail.key, tail.value;
 end
 
+function cache_methods:resize(new_size)
+	new_size = assert(tonumber(new_size), "cache size must be a number");
+	new_size = math.floor(new_size);
+	assert(new_size > 0, "cache size must be greater than zero");
+	while self._count > new_size do
+		local tail = self._tail;
+		local evicted_key = tail.key;
+		_remove(self, tail);
+		self._data[evicted_key] = nil;
+	end
+	self.size = new_size;
+	return true;
+end
+
 function cache_methods:table()
 	--luacheck: ignore 212/t
 	if not self.proxy_table then