On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:00:07 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >Whenever the queue is empty, the queue emptier WAITs. But if the >queue is storage constrained, it can fill up. What does the >queue filler do then? >... I don't think there can be a general answer to that question. If the queue is full the queue filler has to stop putting stuff on the queue. That means it has to stop accepting (or generating) its input, or has to throw that input away. The significance obviously depends on the application. BTW, an example of such a constrained application is anything with a fixed number of queue elements that get shuffled among a series of queues (free, input to process1, input to process2, ...). If all the elements are on process queues, no additional work can be accepted. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
