[cap-talk] Petnames versus E-order with ocaps

[Karp, Alan H]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> 
> I think, in the case of CapTP (the part of the E implementation which is
> responsible for transferring capabilities over connections), that the
> reference to Carol Bob receives from Alice will look different from the one
> he already has until the three-party handoff completes. Any kind of EQ
> operation on the capabilities will also have to wait for the three- party
> handoff. So, Bob will not know they are the same reference until the E
> ordering guarantee has, in fact, been met.
>
What if we're in a single vat?

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