SPAM: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] osrfHash: alternative implementation

[Bill Erickson]

Scott McKellar wrote:
> --- Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>   
>> I've been mulling this over for a couple days, and I've got to
>> disagree with Bill.  IFF mid-iteration changes (removal, in
>> particular, of a key) can be handled transparently and safely, and
>> that guarantee can be carved into the requirements for the API, then
>> I
>> think it is a decidedly /good/ thing.
>>     
>
> Removal is the scenario I had in mind as well.
>   

For some reason, mid-iteration changes seem dangerous to me, though I 
have no concrete examples to support my paranoia.   However, if, as Mike 
pointed out, they can be handled transparently and safely, then I'm all 
for it.

-bill

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