Re: [U2] Avoiding deadly embraces

2011-10-27 Thread asvin . dattani
To Asvin, you cannot set locks in the same sequence every time. This is because, in a sufficiently complex system you will have changes to Customer's possibly affecting Orders, Inventory, Payables... You can then have changes to Inventory possibly affecting Orders, Customers,

Re: [U2] Avoiding deadly embraces

2011-10-27 Thread Wjhonson
First explain what you mean, then I can answer it. How do I do what? Will wrote: It seems like some of you have only ever worked on rather simple systems, built by yourselves :) Try working on systems that have been accreting for twenty years, and built by sixteen other programmers over

Re: [U2] Avoiding deadly embraces

2011-10-27 Thread Mecki Foerthmann
I think Asvin means this ;D On 27/10/2011 17:33, Wjhonson wrote: First explain what you mean, then I can answer it. How do I do what? Will wrote: It seems like some of you have only ever worked on rather simple systems, built by yourselves :) Try working on systems that have been

Re: [U2] Avoiding deadly embraces

2011-10-27 Thread Wjhonson
Means... what. Obviously I can't read English because I simply don't get what it is at all. Please explain it at the level of a person with an IQ of 95. -Original Message- From: Mecki Foerthmann mec...@gmx.net To: u2-users u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Oct 27, 2011 10:22 am