flyweight

Definition: In computer programming, flyweight is a software design pattern. A flyweight is an object that minimizes memory usage by sharing as much data as possible with other similar objects; it is a way to use objects in large numbers when a simple repeated representation would use an unacceptable amount of memory. In the following, I’ll demonstrate the Flyweight Pattern with two examples in Go. First, I’ll optimize two memory-based caches that rely on the same underlying data, and then I’ll optimize another cache that contains repetitive data. [Read More]