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| -rw-r--r-- | buildstream/element.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/buildstream/element.py b/buildstream/element.py index a3bf59dc6..5ecc25ab2 100644 --- a/buildstream/element.py +++ b/buildstream/element.py @@ -966,6 +966,21 @@ class Element(Plugin): return element + # _clear_meta_elements_cache() + # + # Clear the internal meta elements cache. + # + # When loading elements from meta, we cache already instantiated elements + # in order to not have to load the same elements twice. + # This clears the cache. + # + # It should be called whenever we are done loading all elements in order + # to save memory. + # + @classmethod + def _clear_meta_elements_cache(cls): + cls.__instantiated_elements = {} + # _get_redundant_source_refs() # # Fetches a list of (Source, ref) tuples of all the Sources |