#autoload
#
# Storage component of completions caching layer

local _cache_ident _cache_ident_dir
_cache_ident="$1"

if zstyle -t ":completion:${curcontext}:" use-cache; then
  # Decide which directory to cache to, and ensure it exists
  zstyle -s ":completion:${curcontext}:" cache-path _cache_dir
  : ${_cache_dir:=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zcompcache}
  if [[ ! -d "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
    if [[ -e "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
      _message "cache-dir style points to a non-directory\!"
    else
      # if module load fails, we *should* be okay using normal mkdir so
      # we load feature b:mkdir instead of b:zf_mkdir; note that modules
      # loaded in a sub-shell don't affect the parent.
      ( zmodload -F zsh/files b:mkdir; mkdir -m 0700 -p "$_cache_dir"
      ) 2>/dev/null
      if [[ ! -d "$_cache_dir" ]]; then
        _message "couldn't create cache-dir $_cache_dir"
        return 1
      fi
    fi
  fi
  _cache_ident_dir="$_cache_dir/$_cache_ident"
  _cache_ident_dir="$_cache_ident_dir:h"
  
  if [[ ! -d "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
    if [[ -e "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
      _message "cache ident dir points to a non-directory:$_cache_ident_dir"
    else
      # See also rationale in zmodload above
      ( zmodload -F zsh/files b:mkdir; mkdir -m 0700 -p "$_cache_ident_dir"
      ) 2>/dev/null
      if [[ ! -d "$_cache_ident_dir" ]]; then
        _message "couldn't create cache-ident_dir $_cache_ident_dir"
        return 1
      fi
    fi
  fi
  

  shift
  for var; do
    case ${(Pt)var} in
    (*readonly*) ;;
    (*(association|array)*)
	# Dump the array as a here-document to reduce parsing overhead
	# when reloading the cache with "source" from _retrieve_cache
	print -r "$var=( "'"${(zQ)$(<<\EO:'"$var"
	print -r "${(kv@Pqq)^^var}"
	print -r "EO:$var"
	print -r ')}" )'
	;;
    (*) print -r "$var=${(Pqq)^^var}";;
    esac
  done >! "$_cache_dir/$_cache_ident"
else
  return 1
fi

return 0