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

[Karp, Alan H]

MarkM wrote:

> The petname wouldn't change because none can be assigned until the reference settles. > Once it does settle, you can assign a petname that won't need to change.

The problem is that the only references Bob has are petnames, so we need to give him a way to pipeline messages to promises.  We can do that if Bob sees a petname that can only be bound to one promise.  When that petname settles, Bob will see a different petname if he already had a reference to the result.  As I said, strange, but probably workable.

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