On Jan 30, 2008, at 1:39 PM, Chris McDonough wrote:
Ricardo Newbery wrote:
On Jan 30, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Tres Seaver wrote:
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Ricardo Newbery wrote:
Has anyone given thought to maybe providing a more general class
with
conflict resolution in the core distribution? The Length class
works
for simple counters and I guess it can also be used for just simple
assignments, but what about something more complicated, perhaps
with
some sort of factory defined at the moment of instantiation?
Assuming this is even possible, having such a general purpose
conflict resolution class defined in the Zope products directory
might make it easier to distribute a third-party product that
needs a
little conflict resolution. Just a thought.
Custom CR code is *hard* to get right: most people would be
better off
using stock code (e.g., on of the tree types defined in the BTrees
package, or Length). Those who can get it right aren't likely to
need
their hands held. ;)
I meant easier for the end user, not the developer. It's kind of
complicated right now to explain how to set up a ZEO configuration
to work with your third-party product. Makes it a bit of hurdle
to distribute such a thing for general use.
Oops, I just realized that Length won't work for simple
assignments as the conflict resolution assumes it's trying to
resolve a counter (which should have been obvious, I know). Is
there zope core class I can use for a simple assignment, that
maybe resolves conflicts by just picking the last value assigned?
There is no such thing as the "last value" during a conflict (only
three states: what's in the database, and the two conflicting
states: what connection1 says, and what connection2 says). If the
values are always going to have a __cmp__ method or if they can be
otherwise compared (like integers), and if you're willing to accept
the "highest" of the three states, you might use the conflict
resolution policy of Products.Transience.Transience.py.Increaser.
Great, that's exactly what I need. Thanks.
I also noticed another interesting option for a counter at
Products.Transience.Transience.Length2.
Ric
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