On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> But it's not clear that an Atom created on one local machine, then > processed a bit, then discarded, ever needs to get assigned a UUID. > They could get assigned only when saving to a backing store or sending > across a network, right? > Yes, exactly. On a local machine, UUID's are never needed; removing them is a performance optimization. For storage or network communications -- its up to the layer that implements the storage or communications: if it wants to use UUID's as some kind of short-cut, it can, or it can use something else. --linas > > -- ben > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Matt Chapman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Linas Vepstas <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> My long-term goal is to create such a "private table" in the database > >> backends, and remove UUID's in general. > > > > > > Aren't UUID's (or something equivalent) necessary for a distributed > > atomspace? I suspect you don't want to have to worry about synchronizing > > this int table across machines... > > > > All the Best, > > > > Matt > > > > -- > > Standard Disclaimer: > > Please interpret brevity as me valuing your time, and not as any negative > > intention. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "opencog" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CAPE4pjBYmMTnSg_GjbdGVf2E94ytenar%3DFEDa5b66gDKzTLfUA%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > Super-benevolent super-intelligence is the thought the Global Brain is > currently struggling to form... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "opencog" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CACYTDBf_E%3Dp%3DJUCO%2B-RDa26vzbqX3vrm4J1am%2BB6zyN6WeD_4Q%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/opencog. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CAHrUA36mm53Staux3edtWiAfjN_N_3Aged2mUxeXSM5HyeEOzA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
