diff --git a/parser/cache.go b/parser/cache.go
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+package parser
+
+// cacheItem stores an item of the parser cache.
+type cacheItem struct {
+	section Section
+	skimmed bool
+}
+
+// cache stores all modules that have been parsed so far. They are indexed with
+// their full path on the filesystem, starting with '/'.
+var cache = make(map[string] cacheItem)