tesseract_cache: update explanatory notes

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James R. Barlow
2017-05-14 23:54:09 -07:00
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"""Cache output of tesseract to speed up test suite
The cache is keyed by a hash that includes the tesseract version, some of
the command line, and the binary dump of the input file. The output file,
stdout, and stderr are replicated on a cache hit.
the command line, and the binary dump of the input file, and this file itself.
Therefore any updates to this file invalidate cache. Uses SHA-1 because it is
fast and defeating a hash collision here is not exactly a priority. :P
The output files, stdout, and stderr are replicated on a cache hit. The output
files are either a .pdf and .txt or .hocr and .txt.
Page orientation checks are also cached (-psm 0 stdout)
Errors and crashes are not cached.
Errors and crashes are not cached. If the arguments don't match a known
caching template then real tesseract is called with the same arguments.
Things not checked:
-changes to tesseract installation that don't affect --version
Assumes Tesseract 3.04 or higher.
Will fail on Tesseract 3.02.02 in "hocr" mode because it doesn't produce
the incorrect file extension.
the incorrect file extension. Will fail on 3.03 because that has no sidecar
text support. Will fail to replicate a 3.04 bug if wrong parameter order is
given.
"""