GameCache?!?!

[ironfist19]

Hello, I have a question does all Jass Spells use gamecache? I see some people use that gamecache thing. What does it do? Can someone explain it to me?

 

[kingkingyyk3]

Attach data to handles.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

No spells should ever use gamecache anymore.
Gamecache stores values against two strings.
Hashtables were introduced not long ago, which store values against two integers. Which is faster.

People used to typecast a handle to an integer, similarly to GetHandleId, and convert that to a string and store values against it.

 

[Bribe]

The only use I've found for GameCache lately is for passing data through campaigns (which was the original purpose).

I don't know if you can load hashtables through gamecache, but that would be cool, just store all your map inside the hashtable and quickly save/load it from map to map

 

[tooltiperror]

Table used to use gamecache, now it uses hashtables.