[e-lang] __reactToLostClient and distributed confinement

[Mark S. Miller]

This is in reply to old e-lang message
http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/e-lang/2006-March/011140.html
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Kevin Reid wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2006, at 2:48, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>> Kevin Reid wrote:
>>> Has the effect of the information provided by __reactToLostClient's  
>>> parameter on distributed confinement been considered?
>>
>> No. What problem do you anticipate?
> 
> I'm not sure. I once noticed that it supplies information that is not 
> explicitly passed by the object's 'normal' clients, and so I wonder 
> whether it reveals something.
> 
> I now suspect that this isn't a problem for distributed confinement, as 
> in that case information is already leaked in by the /timing/ - or just 
> occurrence - of deaths of vats making up the box. But are there any 
> other situations?

I don't see any problems, so I've entered the issue as bug
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1527154&group_id=75274&atid=551529
and I've closed the bug. If anyone spots something to worry about here, we can 
re-open it.

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     --MarkM