On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Krukow <karl.kru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Final question. The docs say that 'ensure' permits more concurrency > than promoting the ref to a write. Is there a quick/simple way of > explaining how? (Or do I need to go to the source :-)
If you have multiple transactions ensuring the same var but no transactions changing it, all those transactions can proceed simultaneously. If they all did dummy writes instead of ensure, they could only proceed in order. --Chouser --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---