commit 511bdc61c597977bc668f5f34730c474731831cf
Author: William Perron <hey@wperron.io>
Date:   Mon Jan 22 15:51:36 2024 -0500

    initial commit
    
    Golang implementation of the [Sieve cache algorithm][1].
    
    [1]: https://cachemon.github.io/SIEVE-website/blog/2023/12/17/sieve-is-simpler-than-lru/

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+++ b/go.mod
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+module go.wperron.io/sieve
+
+go 1.21.0
diff --git a/sieve.go b/sieve.go
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+++ b/sieve.go
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+package sieve
+
+type node struct {
+	value      string
+	visited    bool
+	prev, next *node
+}
+
+type SieveCache struct {
+	cap, size        int
+	cache            map[string]*node
+	head, tail, hand *node
+}
+
+func NewCache(cap int) *SieveCache {
+	return &SieveCache{
+		cap:   cap,
+		size:  0,
+		cache: make(map[string]*node, cap),
+	}
+}
+
+// Access touches the item `v` in the cache
+func (sc *SieveCache) Access(v string) {
+	if n, ok := sc.cache[v]; ok {
+		n.visited = true
+	} else {
+		if sc.size == sc.cap {
+			sc.evict()
+		}
+
+		newNode := &node{value: v}
+		sc.addToHead(newNode)
+		sc.cache[v] = newNode
+		sc.size += 1
+		newNode.visited = false
+	}
+}
+
+// Range iterates over the values in the cache, stops the iteration if the
+// closure returns false.
+func (sc *SieveCache) Range(f func(v string) bool) {
+	current := sc.head
+	keepGoing := true
+	for current != nil && keepGoing {
+		keepGoing = f(current.value)
+		current = current.next
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SieveCache) evict() {
+	var obj *node
+	if sc.hand != nil {
+		obj = sc.hand
+	} else {
+		obj = sc.tail
+	}
+
+	for obj != nil && obj.visited {
+		obj.visited = false
+		if obj.prev != nil {
+			obj = obj.prev
+		} else {
+			obj = sc.tail
+		}
+	}
+
+	sc.hand = obj.prev
+	delete(sc.cache, obj.value)
+	sc.removeNode(obj)
+	sc.size -= 1
+}
+
+func (sc *SieveCache) removeNode(n *node) {
+	if n.prev != nil {
+		n.prev.next = n.next
+	} else {
+		sc.head = n.next
+	}
+
+	if n.next != nil {
+		n.next.prev = n.prev
+	} else {
+		sc.tail = n.prev
+	}
+}
+
+func (sc *SieveCache) addToHead(n *node) {
+	n.next = sc.head
+	n.prev = nil
+	if sc.head != nil {
+		sc.head.prev = n
+	}
+	sc.head = n
+	if sc.tail == nil {
+		sc.tail = n
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sieve_test.go b/sieve_test.go
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+++ b/sieve_test.go
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+package sieve
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSieveCache(t *testing.T) {
+	cache := NewCache(3)
+	cache.Access("A")
+	cache.Access("B")
+	cache.Access("C")
+	cache.Access("D")
+	cache.Access("B")
+	cache.Access("E")
+	cache.Access("A")
+	cache.Range(func(v string) bool {
+		t.Log(v)
+		return true
+	})
+}