On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:02:54 +0000 Dave wrote:
DS> Yes - but I wasn't aware that it had been generally agreed.

True enough. Hopefully this thread will rectify that.

DS> And I'm not at all happy at the impression that this is being presented as
DS> a fait accompli, without a proper discussion first.

Also true. On the plus side, nothing has actually be done yet. And it's not
like I'm trying to sneak something in - I've been talking about this for at
least a year. This is just the first time that you've had time to actually look
at what I've been up to lately.

And you are quite right, a major change like this does need to be discussed
here on the list.

I think a mechanism to have the agent use a new state map will go in, but as a
result of this discussion it could be any one of:

a) a full replacement, w/a helper for existing modules
b) an addition, with an ifdef to switch between the two. default tbd
c) an addition, with the internals made generic so that it can be determined
   at runtime, or perhaps both be used simultaneously.

I like c, but I don't know how easy it would be to pull off...


DS> I'd be particularly interested in hearing what Wes thinks about this.

Originally, he was the one that was supposed to be doing the agent internals
while I was doing MfD. But he got distracted and the helper allowed me to fake
it. So he's probably somewhere between a and c.

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