On 5/13/2014 10:59 AM, Dimitry Sibiryakov wrote:
> 10.05.2014 14:03, Vlad Khorsun wrote:
>>     As for A-B-A
>> updates i see no problem as there will be 3 separate index entries with own
>> tx numbers. Currently we also have 3 index entires for such scenario, btw.
>> Old IB's optimization to not store existing key second time is not working in
>> concurrent environment and easy allows to have missing entries. It was
>> disabled in FB 2.0.
>     If I'm not mistaken, these repeating index entries works as a reference 
> counters and
> allow to stop using staying list for indexes even in current code for the 
> same reason as
> for blobs: three versions are enough for decision making.
>

No, it only makes race conditions more elusive...

This area needs to be rethought, gentlemen (and Ann).

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