Baseflow / Baseflow/flutter_cache_manager
Race condition when downloading the same URL with ignoreMemCache=true
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Description
## 🐛 Bug Report
I have been seeing the following error message in `flutter_cache_manager` version `3.1.2`:
```
I/flutter (26728): 2021-10-02 16:48:34.376318 SEVERE main - [guarded]
I/flutter (26728): ### _CastError: Null check operator used on a null value
I/flutter (26728): #0 WebHelper._downloadOrAddToQueue (package:flutter_cache_manager/src/web/web_helper.dart:65:33)
I/flutter (26728): #1 WebHelper._checkQueue (package:flutter_cache_manager/src/web/web_helper.dart:84:5)
I/flutter (26728): #2 WebHelper._downloadOrAddToQueue (package:flutter_cache_manager/src/web/web_helper.dart:77:7)
I/flutter (26728):
```
### Reproduction steps
I think this happens when I download the same URL at the same time with `ignoreMemCache=true`
In WebHelper if the `downloadFile` method is called with the same URL/key the `Subject` of `_memCache` is overwritten:
https://github.com/Baseflow/flutter_cache_manager/blob/f591b5383de3188115a5140daba4d0a05a3a7a10/flutter_cache_manager/lib/src/web/web_helper.dart#L44-L46
But the first request still deletes it from `_memCache` without checking if it was ignored during the download call:
https://github.com/Baseflow/flutter_cache_manager/blob/f591b5383de3188115a5140daba4d0a05a3a7a10/flutter_cache_manager/lib/src/web/web_helper.dart#L73-L76
I'm actually not sure the `ignoreMemCache` flag does what I want it to do.
Basically I want to force a redownload of the URL without clearing the cache item first.
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