Optimize node caching in node_load [#104618]

If you load nodes with node_load($nid), caching works. If you load nodes with the alternate syntax, node_load(array($params)), caching isn't used. This patch caches nodes loaded using the alternate syntax as well, since caching is one of the things that makes node_load perform well. This patch is beneficial specifically for the case where the same node is loaded first using $params, and then later using $nid. This patch still doesn't address the case where the same node is loaded twice using $params; people should just avoid that unless absoultely necessary.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#1	nodeloadjv.patch	1.03 KB	jvandyk
	node_load_5.patch	924 bytes	robertdouglass

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Comment #1

jvandyk commented 21 December 2006 at 15:26

Status	File	Size
new	nodeloadjv.patch	1.03 KB

Here's a slightly modified patch that simply moves the $cachable test inside the if($node->nid) test. No sense testing it twice.

Note that this patch changes behavior when the node_load() misses (i.e., you query for a node that's not there or doesn't match). Formerly we cached node misses for calls like node_load($non_existing_nid). Now we don't. I don't think that is a great loss; I'm not sure it was even ever intended.