From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] venti/fmtarenas approximate duration?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:04:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030625100459.X2250@cackle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e706c93a9f815d731b4360447f56c218@plan9.escet.urjc.es>; from Fco.J.Ballesteros on Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:07:05AM +0200
On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 10:07:05AM +0200, Fco.J.Ballesteros wrote:
>
> > Sorry to disagree, but I'd prefer not to carry state unnecessarily, it
> > strikes me as being more fragile, this way. Wasting a little time
>
> Why would it be more fragile?
Well, variables are just that: variable :-) Having zeroed the
entire Venti, you know it's zeroed. Relying on a state variable
opens the door to inconsistencies. In this case, even though
failure is unlikely, there's an alternative that is a lot less
likely to fail.
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-25 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-23 23:04 andrey mirtchovski
2003-06-23 23:14 ` Russ Cox
2003-06-24 1:10 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-06-24 1:31 ` jmk
2003-06-24 1:42 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-06-24 1:54 ` jmk
2003-06-24 2:25 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-06-24 3:00 ` Russ Cox
2003-06-25 7:55 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros, nemo
2003-06-25 7:53 ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-25 8:07 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros, nemo
2003-06-25 8:04 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
2003-06-25 9:38 ` Fco.J.Ballesteros, nemo
2003-06-25 10:16 ` Lucio De Re
2003-06-24 14:36 ` Sape Mullender
2003-06-24 14:43 ` andrey mirtchovski
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