three meanings of "lock"

Gareth McCaughan gareth.mccaughan at pobox.com
Tue Jan 17 19:39:46 CST 2006


On Tuesday 17 January 2006 03:44, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2006, at 5:47 PM, Gareth McCaughan wrote:
> > [me:]
> >
> >>> I think this could be improved by adding a brief section,
> >>> perhaps somewhere under "Locking" or after the first use of
> >>> the word "lock" or one of its cognates, on the meanings of "lock",
> >>> and by taking a little care with terminology in places where
> >>> there's most danger of confusion.
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> If this is considered a good idea, I'm happy to grab the latest
> >>> XML sources and submit a patch.
> >
> > [CMike:]
> >
> >> (Speaking only for myself, of course.) This is considered a good
> >> idea.
> >
> > Any dissenting voices?
>
> I would also consider it a good idea.  That 's two out of three. :-)

Sounds sufficient to go ahead. If no patch from me appears in, say,
the next week, anyone who cares about this should feel free to harass
me.

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