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doc: Expand and edit documentation for memoization (bug #60860)
author Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com>
date Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:38:59 -0400
parents a887ffb997a7
children a40c0b7aa376
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--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/clearAllMemoizedCaches.m	Thu Sep 29 20:31:52 2022 -0400
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/clearAllMemoizedCaches.m	Fri Sep 30 06:38:59 2022 -0400
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 ## @deftypefn  {} {} clearAllMemoizedCaches ()
 ## Clear all memoized caches.
 ##
+## Memoization maintains internal tables of which functions have been called
+## with which inputs.  This function clears those tables to free memory,
+## or for a fresh start.
+##
 ## @seealso{memoize}
 ## @end deftypefn