NEWS

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simpleCache 2026-02-27

• Added custom serialization backend support via RCACHE.BACKEND option, allowing users to plug in qs2, saveRDS, or any save/load functions
  • Added lock file documentation to cluster caches vignette
  • Added custom backend demo script in inst/examples/custom_backends.R

simpleCache 2026-02-26

• Fixed BugReports URL in DESCRIPTION to point to issues tracker
  • Fixed NEWS.md version header formatting for CRAN compliance

simpleCache 2021-04-16

• updates to accommodate latest knitr for vignettes

simpleCache 2019-02-26

• fixes unit tests on windows
  • fixes lifespan bug that used creation time instead of modification time
  • allow arg-less directory setting to default to current working dir

simpleCache 2017-12-20

• adds a lifespan arg to simpleCache() to create auto-expiring caches
  • remove unnecessary parse argument to simpleCache()
  • viewCacheDirs() renamed to simpleCacheOptions()

simpleCache 2017-08-21

• fixed a bug in unit tests that left behind a test cache in user home dir.
  • changes cache building to happen in parent.frame()
  • repaired vignette so R code is displayed properly
  • added deleteCaches() function and docs
  • reduced size of unit test cache for speed increase

• switched default cache dir to tempdir()
  • changed availCaches() to listCaches()
  • changes cache building to happen in globalenv(), so that any loaded packages are available for cache building

simpleCache 2017-07-30

• added examples

• support for batchjobs parallel processing
  • docs, prep for submission to CRAN

simpleCache 2017-06-16

• long-term stable version