Can someone tell me the role of rw_cache and ro_cache in crazyflie?

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LeeNg
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Can someone tell me the role of rw_cache and ro_cache in crazyflie?

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I'm a beginner of crazyflie. When I was looking at the example code of crazyflie(https://github.com/bitcraze/crazyflie-lib-python), I'm confused about

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self._cf = Crazyflie(rw_cache='./cache')
What does rw_cache and ro_cache mean? :?:
kristoffer
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Re: Can someone tell me the role of rw_cache and ro_cache in crazyflie?

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Hi!

The cache is used to store the TOC (Table of Contents) of log variables and parameters.
The TOC is downloaded as a part of the connection sequence and this takes a couple of seconds. If you specify a path when creating the Crazyflie object

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Crazyflie(rw_cache='./path/to/my/cache')
the TOC will be saved to file. The next time you connect, the TOC will be loaded from file instead and reducing connection time.
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