RE: Atomicity of locks and needs-lock

> It's clear to me that you have a particular mental model of
> what it means to lock a file, that it does not match the
> model the developers had when we designed the locking system,

I apologize for the offensive comment about being argumentative. I
normally censor myself better than that. It wasn't productive.

I don't disagree with the developers' model; the functional spec and
even the implementation make perfect sense to me. I disagree with only
what you Greg said, that locks are meant to protect some people and not
others. I feel that locks are meant to protect everyone, and to prevent
wasted time.

I will admit, however, that if people abuse locks, the lock can be used
to protect one's self at the expense of others. But I consider that to
be abuse, and subject to personal complaint when a person uses it that
way.

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Received on Sun Apr 30 01:30:31 2006