Re: A third lock method

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Once I sort out the subject issue, I'm about ready to try to start
> generating a very rough prototype of predicate locking.  I don't want
> to start a discussion of those details on this thread, because it
> seems to me that a decision on the subject issue affects significant
> details about how I go about that.
>   
> Consider this the 5,000 foot overview.  Previous thread contain much
> more, and references to more authoritative documents.
>  
> This is not a small effort.  I'll be surprised if it comes in at less
> than 2,000 lines of code, plus documentation and tests.  I'm not
> really expecting it to make the next release after 8.5.  With some
> luck, maybe the next release after that.  And that's all conditional
> on our CIO approving programming time for the effort.  I'm currently
> trying to dig in far enough to provide more accurate estimates and
> time lines to facilitate approval.
>  
> Hopefully I haven't just scared you off of your offer to help.  ;-)

Thanks, I do understand it better now.

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