Sander Roobol <phy@wanadoo.nl> writes:
> This patch seems to have been forgotten. It looks good to me (although
> I'm a little in doubt about the first part), and it's still valid.
> Anybody interested?
Actually, I think I already applied this "mental" patch to ch02. So
mark it as completed.
>
> Sander
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:59:00AM -0800, Mason Thomas wrote:
> > Hi,
> > the following patch is a relatively minor suggested change for ch02.xml
> > (chapter 2 of S:TDG).
> >
> > The first change may reflect my misunderstanding of locking versioning
> > systems. As it stands ("All she can do is read the file...") the text
> > implies that Jane can read the file but just not obtain a lock for
> > editing. But what is to stop her from reading the file, waiting till she
> > can acquire a lock, then editing the (out-of-date) version she has? My
> > suggested change implies she cannot even read the file, but that may be
> > wrong. Either way, the current text appears to suggest that locking
> > doesn't prevent out-of-date problems from occurring.
> >
> > The 2nd change (the remainder) is to basically add mini-headings to the
> > list of problems with the lock-modify-unlock model. I think this helps
> > to make the failings more memorable and/or explicit to the reader. I
> > used <emphasis> tags, but something else might be more appropriate.
> >
> > -Mason
>
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