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+fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+The changes are recorded by the version control system, Darcs. To see a log
+quickly from the terminal, run:
+
+  $ darcs changes --repo http://hub.darcs.net/fr33domlover/time-cache
+
+There is also a web interface at <http://hub.darcs.net> which, among other
+things, can display the history log.
+
+To see the log in a local clone, first get a copy of the repository if you
+haven't yet:
+
+  $ darcs get http://hub.darcs.net/fr33domlover/time-cache
+
+Then move into the newly created directory and run darcs:
+
+  $ cd time-cache
+  $ darcs changes
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
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+Install from Hackage/Stackage:
+
+    $ stack install time-cache
+
+Install from unpacked release tarball or source repo:
+
+    $ cd time-cache
+    $ stack install
+
+Just play with it without installing:
+
+    $ stack repl
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+This file lists the user-visible interesting changes between releases. For a
+full list of changes to the source, see the ChangeLog.
+
+
+
+time-cache 0.1        2016-03-15
+================================
+
+General, build and documentation changes:
+
+* (This is the first release, so everything is new)
+
+New APIs, features and enhancements:
+
+* (This is the first release, so everything is a new feature)
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* (This is just the first release, many bugs haven't been discovered yet)
+
+Dependency changes:
+
+* (This is the first release)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+See the .cabal file for more info and link to project website the version
+control.
+
+The official download location is Hackage:
+
+<http://hackage.haskell.org/package/time-cache>
+
+This library is free software, and is committed to software freedom. It is
+released to the public domain using the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. For the
+boring "legal" details see the file 'COPYING'.
+
+See the file 'INSTALL' for hints on installation. The file 'ChangeLog' explains
+how to see the history log of the changes done in the code. 'NEWS' provides a
+friendly overview of the changes for each release.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Trans/Time.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Trans/Time.hs
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+{- This file is part of time-cache.
+ -
+ - Written in 2016 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
+ -
+ - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+ -
+ - The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring
+ - rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is
+ - distributed without any warranty.
+ -
+ - You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
+ - with this software. If not, see
+ - <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+ -}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+
+module Control.Monad.Trans.Time
+    ( MonadTime (..)
+    , MonadTimeFormat (..)
+    , TimeT ()
+    , runTimeT
+    , TimeCacheT ()
+    , runTimeCacheT
+    , runTimeCacheTWithGetter
+    , askTimeGetter
+    )
+where
+
+import Control.Arrow ((&&&))
+import Control.AutoUpdate
+import Control.Monad.Fix (MonadFix)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (MonadTrans)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader
+import Data.Text (Text, pack)
+import Data.Time.Cache
+import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, getCurrentTime)
+import Data.Time.Format (TimeLocale, formatTime)
+import Data.Time.Units (TimeUnit (toMicroseconds))
+
+class Monad m => MonadTime m where
+    askTime :: m UTCTime
+
+class MonadTime m => MonadTimeFormat m where
+    askFormattedTime :: m Text
+    askTimeAndFormat :: m (UTCTime, Text)
+    askTimeAndFormat = (,) <$> askTime <*> askFormattedTime
+
+newtype TimeT m a = TimeT
+    { unTimeT :: ReaderT (TimeLocale, String) m a
+    }
+    deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadFix, MonadIO, MonadTrans)
+
+runTimeT :: TimeT m a -> TimeLocale -> String -> m a
+runTimeT act locale format = runReaderT (unTimeT act) (locale, format)
+
+instance MonadIO m => MonadTime (TimeT m) where
+    askTime = liftIO getCurrentTime
+
+instance MonadIO m => MonadTimeFormat (TimeT m) where
+    askFormattedTime = do
+        (locale, format) <- TimeT ask
+        pack . formatTime locale format <$> askTime
+    askTimeAndFormat = do
+        (locale, format) <- TimeT ask
+        (id &&& pack . formatTime locale format) <$> askTime
+
+newtype TimeCacheT m a = TimeCacheT
+    { unTimeCacheT :: ReaderT (IO (UTCTime, Text)) m a
+    }
+    deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadFix, MonadIO, MonadTrans)
+
+instance MonadIO m => MonadTime (TimeCacheT m) where
+    askTime = fst <$> askTimeAndFormat
+
+instance MonadIO m => MonadTimeFormat (TimeCacheT m) where
+    askFormattedTime = snd <$> askTimeAndFormat
+    askTimeAndFormat = do
+        get <- TimeCacheT ask
+        liftIO get
+
+runTimeCacheT
+    :: (TimeUnit t, MonadIO m)
+    => TimeCacheT m a
+    -> t
+    -> TimeLocale
+    -> String
+    -> m a
+runTimeCacheT act interval locale format = do
+    getter <- liftIO $ mkTimeGetter interval locale format
+    runTimeCacheTWithGetter act getter
+
+runTimeCacheTWithGetter
+    :: TimeCacheT m a
+    -> TimeGetter
+    -> m a
+runTimeCacheTWithGetter act getter = runReaderT (unTimeCacheT act) getter
+
+askTimeGetter :: Monad m => TimeCacheT m TimeGetter
+askTimeGetter = TimeCacheT ask
diff --git a/src/Data/Time/Cache.hs b/src/Data/Time/Cache.hs
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+{- This file is part of time-cache.
+ -
+ - Written in 2016 by fr33domlover <fr33domlover@riseup.net>.
+ -
+ - ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+ -
+ - The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring
+ - rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is
+ - distributed without any warranty.
+ -
+ - You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
+ - with this software. If not, see
+ - <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+ -}
+
+module Data.Time.Cache
+    ( TimeGetter
+    , mkTimeGetter
+    )
+where
+
+import Control.AutoUpdate
+import Control.Monad.Fix (MonadFix)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (MonadTrans)
+import Data.Text (Text, pack)
+import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime, getCurrentTime)
+import Data.Time.Format (TimeLocale, formatTime)
+import Data.Time.Units (TimeUnit (toMicroseconds))
+
+type TimeGetter = IO (UTCTime, Text)
+
+mkTimeGetter
+    :: TimeUnit t => t -> TimeLocale -> String -> IO TimeGetter
+mkTimeGetter interval locale format = mkAutoUpdate defaultUpdateSettings
+    { updateFreq   = fromInteger $ toMicroseconds interval
+    , updateAction = do
+        now <- getCurrentTime
+        return (now, pack $ formatTime locale format now)
+    }
diff --git a/time-cache.cabal b/time-cache.cabal
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+name: time-cache
+version: 0.1
+cabal-version: >=1.10
+build-type: Simple
+license: PublicDomain
+license-file: COPYING
+copyright: ♡ Copying is an act of love. Please copy, reuse and share.
+maintainer: fr33domlover@riseup.net
+homepage: http://rel4tion.org/projects/time-cache
+bug-reports: mailto:fr33domlover@riseup.net
+synopsis: Cache current time and formatted time text
+description:
+    Suppose you have an IO action which runs very frequently, and one of the
+    things it does is getting the current @UTCTime@, possibly also formatting it
+    into a String or Text. The action cares about the current minute, and doesn't
+    care about seconds or milliseconds at all. Instead of reading and formatting
+    the time many times, using this library you can keep a cache which updates
+    every minute (or other interval) and allows your application to scale without
+    time reading and formatting ever becoming a bottleneck.
+    .
+    There are 2 modules provided. I suggest you start with the monadic one,
+    especially for simple usage, and switch to the other one if you need
+    some custom solution.
+    .
+    The "Data.Time.Cache" module allows you to create a time caching action which
+    returns time and a formatted time string. But instead of directly reading the
+    time and running a formatter, it takes the values from a cache it
+    periodically updates.
+    .
+    The "Control.Monad.Trans.Time" module provides a convenient monadic wrapper
+    for the time cache.
+    .
+    If you need the time cache in multiple threads, you can create the time
+    getter once and then pass to all the threads to share.
+category: System, Time
+author: fr33domlover
+extra-source-files:
+    AUTHORS
+    ChangeLog
+    COPYING
+    INSTALL.md
+    NEWS.md
+    README.md
+
+source-repository head
+    type: darcs
+    location: http://hub.darcs.net/fr33domlover/time-cache
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        Control.Monad.Trans.Time
+        Data.Time.Cache
+    build-depends:
+        auto-update >=0.1.3,
+        base >=4.8 && <5,
+        text >=1.2.2.0,
+        time >=1.5.0.1,
+        time-units >=1.0.0,
+        transformers >=0.4.2.0
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+
