Re: RFC 178 (v2) Lightweight Threads

[Alan Burlison]

Chaim Frenkel wrote:

> What tied scalar? All you can contain in an aggregate is a reference
> to a tied scalar. The bucket in the aggregate is a regular bucket. No?

So you don't intend being able to roll back anything that has been
modified via a reference then?  And if you do intend to allow this, how
will you know when to stop chasing references?  What happens if there
are circular references?  How much time do you think it will take to
scan a 4Gb array to find out which elements need to be checkpointed?

Please consider carefully the potential consequences of your proposal.

-- 
Alan Burlison