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+pkg/*
+ext/libmemcached-*/
+*.bundle
+*.o
+ext/Makefile

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+[submodule "ext/memcache"]
+	path = ext/memcache
+	url = http://consoleninja.net/code/memcached/memcached.git

data/BENCHMARKS

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+
+Here are some benchmarks for various architectures and operating systems. 
+
+You can easily run your own benchmarks, as long as you have memcached itself on your system:
+  $ ruby -e 'system("ruby #{File.dirname(`gem which memcached`.split("\n").
+    last)}/../test/profile/benchmark.rb")'
+
+== x86-64 OS X
+
+These benchmarks were run on an OS X 10.5 Core 2 Duo machine:
+
+  Ruby 1.8.7p174
+  Loaded memcached 0.17
+  Loaded binary42-remix-stash 0.9.5
+  Loaded memcache-client 1.7.5
+  Loops is 40000
+  Stack depth is 0
+  Small value size is: 13 bytes
+  Large value size is: 4158 bytes
+
+                                            user     system      total        real
+  set:libm                              1.360000   2.120000   3.480000 (  8.952505)
+  set:libm:binary                       1.180000   2.100000   3.280000 (  7.692065)
+  set:libm:noblock                      0.590000   0.240000   0.830000 (  1.863921)
+  set:libm:noblock_binary               0.470000   0.220000   0.690000 (  1.678243)
+  set:libm:udp                          1.140000   1.150000   2.290000 (  4.835305)
+  set:ruby                             15.440000   6.330000  21.770000 ( 22.136843)
+  set:stash                             5.780000   2.040000   7.820000 ( 13.748268)
+  get:libm                              1.600000   2.000000   3.600000 (  8.112166)
+  get:libm:binary                       1.360000   2.150000   3.510000 (  7.829266)
+  get:libm:noblock                      1.820000   2.630000   4.450000 (  8.971191)
+  get:libm:noblock_binary               1.560000   2.650000   4.210000 (  8.114088)
+  get:libm:udp                          1.350000   1.140000   2.490000 (  4.878485)
+  get:ruby                             18.640000   6.370000  25.010000 ( 25.925459)
+  get:stash                             5.120000   1.990000   7.110000 ( 11.850485)
+  get-multi:libm                        1.770000   1.320000   3.090000 (  4.790793)
+  get-multi:libm:binary                 1.730000   1.740000   3.470000 (  5.655120)
+  get-multi:libm:noblock                1.820000   1.330000   3.150000 (  4.841084)
+  get-multi:libm:noblock_binary         1.740000   1.760000   3.500000 (  5.616970)
+  get-multi:libm:udp                    1.690000   0.960000   2.650000 (  3.551923)
+  get-multi:ruby                       21.380000   4.400000  25.780000 ( 26.017883)
+  append:libm                           1.500000   2.180000   3.680000 ( 14.658051)
+  append:libm:binary                    1.300000   2.110000   3.410000 ( 13.626305)
+  append:libm:noblock                   1.850000   2.870000   4.720000 ( 45.167145)
+  append:libm:noblock_binary            1.640000   2.870000   4.510000 ( 44.614596)
+  append:libm:udp                       1.260000   1.170000   2.430000 ( 11.556293)
+  append:ruby                          16.770000   7.310000  24.080000 ( 29.525815)
+  delete:libm                           1.890000   2.080000   3.970000 (  8.368548)
+  delete:libm:binary                    1.730000   2.090000   3.820000 (  7.799952)
+  delete:libm:noblock                   0.850000   0.890000   1.740000 (  2.530108)
+  delete:libm:noblock_binary            0.710000   0.780000   1.490000 (  2.390600)
+  delete:libm:udp                       1.700000   1.310000   3.010000 (  6.508360)
+  delete:ruby                          15.670000   6.330000  22.000000 ( 22.226087)
+  delete:stash                          4.970000   2.010000   6.980000 ( 11.726916)
+  get-missing:libm                      2.070000   2.060000   4.130000 (  8.937420)
+  get-missing:libm:binary               2.010000   2.090000   4.100000 (  8.506150)
+  get-missing:libm:noblock              2.270000   2.770000   5.040000 (  9.485592)
+  get-missing:libm:noblock_binary       2.220000   2.760000   4.980000 (  9.226826)
+  get-missing:libm:udp                  1.830000   1.300000   3.130000 (  7.135699)
+  get-missing:ruby                     16.130000   6.380000  22.510000 ( 22.888698)
+  get-missing:stash                     5.030000   2.030000   7.060000 ( 11.556793)
+  append-missing:libm                   2.210000   2.070000   4.280000 ( 10.386632)
+  append-missing:libm:binary            2.000000   2.060000   4.060000 (  9.135312)
+  append-missing:libm:noblock           2.400000   2.740000   5.140000 ( 10.821778)
+  append-missing:libm:noblock_binary    2.200000   2.770000   4.970000 (  9.699192)
+  append-missing:libm:udp               1.970000   1.320000   3.290000 (  7.668878)
+  append-missing:ruby                  15.970000   6.470000  22.440000 ( 22.912466)
+  set-large:libm                        1.460000   2.210000   3.670000 (  9.517034)
+  set-large:libm:binary                 1.260000   2.270000   3.530000 (  9.098769)
+  set-large:libm:noblock                0.980000   0.890000   1.870000 (  3.304075)
+  set-large:libm:noblock_binary         0.840000   0.890000   1.730000 (  3.444305)
+  set-large:libm:udp                    1.250000   1.330000   2.580000 (  6.924254)
+  set-large:ruby                       16.960000   6.490000  23.450000 ( 23.964380)
+  get-large:libm                        2.280000   2.450000   4.730000 (  9.908532)
+  get-large:libm:binary                 2.080000   2.530000   4.610000 (  8.966637)
+  get-large:libm:noblock                2.410000   2.850000   5.260000 ( 11.066391)
+  get-large:libm:noblock_binary         2.200000   2.910000   5.110000 ( 10.328922)
+  get-large:libm:udp                    2.010000   1.430000   3.440000 (  6.679192)
+  get-large:ruby                       21.790000   7.370000  29.160000 ( 29.578987)
+  get-large:stash                       5.430000   2.020000   7.450000 ( 11.967011)
+  set-ruby:libm                         1.800000   1.990000   3.790000 (  9.511387)
+  set-ruby:libm:binary                  1.610000   2.000000   3.610000 (  8.502297)
+  set-ruby:libm:noblock                 0.910000   0.200000   1.110000 (  2.083001)
+  set-ruby:libm:noblock_binary          0.750000   0.210000   0.960000 (  1.895510)
+  set-ruby:libm:udp                     1.530000   1.170000   2.700000 (  6.148442)
+  set-ruby:ruby                        16.290000   6.400000  22.690000 ( 23.672254)
+  set-ruby:stash                        5.570000   2.020000   7.590000 ( 13.381661)
+  get-ruby:libm                         1.920000   1.950000   3.870000 (  9.042716)
+  get-ruby:libm:binary                  1.640000   1.980000   3.620000 (  7.987886)
+  get-ruby:libm:noblock                 2.140000   2.600000   4.740000 ( 10.280036)
+  get-ruby:libm:noblock_binary          1.870000   2.590000   4.460000 (  9.213013)
+  get-ruby:libm:udp                     1.660000   1.170000   2.830000 (  5.762381)
+  get-ruby:ruby                        19.760000   6.500000  26.260000 ( 27.573109)
+  get-ruby:stash                        5.480000   2.010000   7.490000 ( 12.349059)
+  set-ruby-large:libm                  33.820000   2.340000  36.160000 ( 43.061537)
+  set-ruby-large:libm:binary           33.430000   2.260000  35.690000 ( 41.940845)
+  set-ruby-large:libm:noblock          34.170000   0.930000  35.100000 ( 35.632694)
+  set-ruby-large:libm:noblock_binary   34.010000   0.930000  34.940000 ( 35.383141)
+  set-ruby-large:libm:udp              33.150000   1.430000  34.580000 ( 39.521448)
+  set-ruby-large:ruby                  48.830000   6.560000  55.390000 ( 55.750071)
+  set-ruby-large:stash                 38.660000   2.230000  40.890000 ( 46.957838)
+  get-ruby-large:libm                  23.570000   2.340000  25.910000 ( 32.166590)
+  get-ruby-large:libm:binary           23.420000   2.510000  25.930000 ( 31.953854)
+  get-ruby-large:libm:noblock          23.840000   3.040000  26.880000 ( 32.919639)
+  get-ruby-large:libm:noblock_binary   23.570000   2.970000  26.540000 ( 32.210027)
+  get-ruby-large:libm:udp              23.210000   1.460000  24.670000 ( 29.284808)
+  get-ruby-large:ruby                  41.170000   7.560000  48.730000 ( 49.507358)
+  get-ruby-large:stash                 25.760000   2.540000  28.300000 ( 33.998493)
+  hash:fnv1a_64                         0.240000   0.000000   0.240000 (  0.247813)
+  hash:murmur                           0.190000   0.000000   0.190000 (  0.193039)
+  hash:default                          0.220000   0.000000   0.220000 (  0.216573)
+  hash:jenkins                          0.220000   0.000000   0.220000 (  0.222694)
+  hash:md5                              0.390000   0.000000   0.390000 (  0.395159)
+  hash:crc                              0.210000   0.000000   0.210000 (  0.216457)
+  hash:hsieh                            0.100000   0.000000   0.100000 (  0.104386)
+  hash:fnv1_32                          0.220000   0.000000   0.220000 (  0.216769)
+  hash:fnv1a_32                         0.230000   0.000000   0.230000 (  0.237016)
+  hash:fnv1_64                          0.450000   0.010000   0.460000 (  0.454704)
+
+

data/CHANGELOG

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+
+v0.17.4. Don't segfault on invalid keys in get_multi.
+
+v0.17.3. Compile with -Os. Retry once on Memcached::ClientError.
+
+v0.17.2. Fix realloc bug on Linux that got regressed.
+
+v0.17.1. Ruby 1.9 compatibility.
+
+v0.17. Update to libmemcached 0.32. Update Darwin version string for Snow Leopard final. Improve benchmarks. Add Memcached::Rails#append and #prepend, alias all original Memcached methods to _orig, and add set_servers= accessor for compatibility.
+
+v0.16.3. Optimize append/prepend on miss.
+
+v0.16.2. Fix memory leak.
+
+v0.16.1. Use seeded random. Fix realloc bug on Linux.
+
+v0.16. Build properly on OS X Snow Leopard.
+
+v0.15.3. UDP fix. 0-value fix. Enforce server_add response code. Better tests.
+
+v0.15.2. Don't require memcached itself to build. Fix for AUTO_EJECT_HOSTS in random and modulus pools. Support binary protocol.
+
+v0.15.1. Fix build problem.
+
+v0.15. Update to libmemcached 0.31.1. UDP support. Domain socket support (hellvinz). Bugfixes. Bundle libmemcached itself with the gem (antifuchs).
+
+v0.14.4. Re-SWIG.
+
+v0.14.3. Change Rails#get_multi API.
+
+v0.14.2. Update to libmemcached 0.26.2. Return errno description.
+
+v0.14.1. Update to libmemcached 0.26.1. Various bugfixes. Expose memcached_generate_hash_rvalue.
+
+v0.13. Update to libmemcached 0.25. Use new built-in failover. Document fixed timeouts.
+
+v0.12. Update to libmemcached 0.24. Support weights and flags. Default to HASH_WITH_PREFIX behavior. Note, if you use ketama, upgrading will invalidate your entire cache.
+
+v0.11. Update to libmemcached 0.22. Support hostname lookups. Register %freefunc for MemcachedSt and remove destroy() method. Use new built-in behavior for namespacing. Raise on version mismatch. Remove private hash function. Fix bug related to socket size behavior reset when struct is initialized with missing servers (Jeffrey Hardy). Note, if you use a namespace, upgrading will invalidate your entire cache.
+
+v0.10. Update to libmemcached 0.20. Failover support. Close consistent hashing bugs.
+
+v0.9. Update to libmemcached 0.19. Add some failover tests, but we are still waiting on libmemcached's replication branch for them to actually be useful. Fix CAS bug (ktheory).
+
+v0.8.1. Disable NotFound backtraces for speed (Blaine Cook).
+
+v0.8. CAS support. Update to libmemcached 0.16.
+
+v0.7.2. Auto-repair unprintable characters and too-long keys; improve performance of namespacing operation.
+
+v0.7.1. Allow for explicit resetting of the struct on each request, at least until Brian fixes the synchronization problem.
+
+v0.7. Rails compatibility wrapper; real multiget; rescue UnknownReadFailures in order to reset the struct..
+
+v0.6. Better documentation; benchmark suite; improve buffered IO API; remove namespace accessor in favor of generic options hash; patch up extconf.rb to handle unusual library situations; increase test coverage.
+
+v0.5. First release.

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+BENCHMARKS
+CHANGELOG
+LICENSE
+Manifest
+README
+Rakefile
+TODO
+ext/extconf.rb
+ext/libmemcached-0.32.tar.gz
+ext/libmemcached.patch
+ext/rlibmemcached.i
+ext/rlibmemcached_wrap.c
+lib/memcached.rb
+lib/memcached/behaviors.rb
+lib/memcached/exceptions.rb
+lib/memcached/integer.rb
+lib/memcached/memcached.rb
+lib/memcached/rails.rb
+test/profile/benchmark.rb
+test/profile/profile.rb
+test/profile/valgrind.rb
+test/setup.rb
+test/teardown.rb
+test/test_helper.rb
+test/unit/binding_test.rb
+test/unit/memcached_test.rb
+test/unit/rails_test.rb

data/README

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+NOTES ON THIS FORK
+==================
+* This fork adds #big_get and #big_set methods that allow for items bigger than the 1MB memcached value limit.
+* Thanks to jf http://github.com/jf/memcached for the original idea and contributions:
+  http://github.com/jf/memcached/commit/a206663e06917c11981b4cdad119bff8cdd2d5cb
+  http://github.com/jf/memcached/commit/a94ccddc66081d52b85460b76720bbf2800e4435
+
+
+memcached
+
+An interface to the libmemcached C client.
+
+== License
+
+Copyright 2009 Cloudburst, LLC. Licensed under the AFL 3. See the included LICENSE file. Portions copyright 2007-2009 TangentOrg, Brian Aker, licensed under the BSD license, and used with permission.
+
+The public certificate for this gem is here[http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/25331/evan_weaver-original-public_cert.pem]. 
+
+If you use this software, please {make a donation}[http://blog.evanweaver.com/donate/], or {recommend Evan}[http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/7739-evan-weaver] at Working with Rails.
+
+== Features
+
+* clean API
+* robust access to all memcached features
+* multiple hashing modes, including consistent hashing
+* ludicrous speed, including optional non-blocking IO
+
+The <b>memcached</b> library wraps the pure-C libmemcached client via SWIG.
+
+== Installation
+
+You need Ruby 1.8.7 or Ruby 1.9.1. Other versions may work, but are not guaranteed. You also need {memcached itself}[http://www.danga.com/memcached/] if you want to test against a local server.
+
+Install the gem:
+  sudo gem install memcached --no-rdoc --no-ri
+  
+== Usage
+
+Start a local networked memcached server:
+  $ memcached -p 11211 &
+
+Now, in Ruby, require the library and instantiate a Memcached object at a global level:
+
+  require 'memcached'
+  $cache = Memcached.new("localhost:11211")
+  
+Now you can set things and get things:
+ 
+  value = 'hello'
+  $cache.set 'test', value
+  $cache.get 'test' #=> "hello"
+
+You can set with an expiration timeout:
+
+  value = 'hello'
+  $cache.set 'test', value, 1
+  sleep(2)
+  $cache.get 'test' #=> raises Memcached::NotFound
+
+You can get multiple values at once:
+
+  value = 'hello'
+  $cache.set 'test', value
+  $cache.set 'test2', value
+  $cache.get ['test', 'test2', 'missing'] 
+    #=> {"test" => "hello", "test2" => "hello"}
+  
+You can set a counter and increment it:
+
+  start = 1
+  $cache.set 'counter', start, 0, false
+  $cache.increment 'counter' #=> 2
+  $cache.increment 'counter' #=> 3
+  $cache.get('counter', false).to_i #=> 3
+
+You can get some server stats:
+
+  $cache.stats #=> {..., :bytes_written=>[62], :version=>["1.2.4"] ...}
+  
+Note that the API is not the same as that of <b>Ruby-MemCache</b> or <b>memcache-client</b>. In particular, <tt>nil</tt> is a valid record value. Memcached#get does not return <tt>nil</tt> on failure, rather it raises <b>Memcached::NotFound</b>. This is consistent with the behavior of memcached itself. For example:
+
+  $cache.set 'test', nil
+  $cache.get 'test' #=> nil
+  $cache.delete 'test'
+  $cache.get 'test' #=> raises Memcached::NotFound
+
+== Legacy applications
+
+There is a compatibility wrapper for legacy applications called Memcached::Rails. 
+
+== Threading
+
+<b>memcached</b> is threadsafe, but each thread requires its own Memcached instance. Create a global Memcached, and then call Memcached#clone each time you spawn a thread.
+
+  thread = Thread.new do
+    cache = $cache.clone
+    # Perform operations on cache, not $cache
+    cache.set 'example', 1
+    cache.get 'example'
+  end  
+
+  # Join the thread so that exceptions don't get lost
+  thread.join
+  
+== Benchmarks
+
+<b>memcached</b> is up to 10x faster than <b>memcache-client</b>. See BENCHMARKS[link:files/BENCHMARKS.html] for details.
+
+== Reporting problems
+
+The support forum is here[http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=20894].
+
+Patches and contributions are very welcome. Please note that contributors are required to assign copyright for their additions to Cloudburst, LLC.
+
+== Further resources
+
+* {Memcached wiki}[http://www.socialtext.net/memcached/index.cgi]
+* {Libmemcached homepage}[http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html]