Here is a definition courtesy of the "FreeBSD Developers' Handbook":
"A race condition is anomalous behavior caused by the unexpected dependence on the relative timing of events. In other words, a programmer incorrectly assumed that a particular event would always happen before another." In other words, if you are not explicitly managing the sequence of events then all bets are off. --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Paul Giesenhagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 5:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF Wishlist What is "race" conditions? Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign http://www.quilldesign.com SiteDirector Commerce Builder > You need to lock to prevent race conditions. If that is why you were > locking then yes, you should. > > But you do not need to lock to prevent memory corruption. So, if that > was the only reason you were locking, then no need. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 5:02 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF Wishlist > > > > > > > From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > cflock is _not_ necessary for memory issues anymore. You > > still need it > > > for logical reasons. For example: > > > > > > application.x = application.x + 1 > > > > Whoah - not been following this thread closely, but did I miss > > something? You don't need to habitually lock Session, Server and > > Application variables anymore in CFMX? > > > > Correct. But, it doesn't hurt either. I'll probably continue using it > just to be safe. > > ====================================================================== > = > Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
