[e-lang] An attack on a mint

[Chip Morningstar]

"Dean Tribble" <tribble at e-dean.com> wrote:

>I would think it would be better to explicitly articulate the
>different case, even though it costs a conditional, as in:
>
>    int take(final PurseX src) {
>          REQUIRE(dead);
>          REQUIRE(src);
>          if (src == this) {
>              // no-op deposit for self
>              return 0;
>          } else {
>              final int r = src.balance;
>              // for fail-safe, always reduce value or authority first
>              src.balance = 0;
>              balance += r;
>              return r;
>          }
>      }

Am I the only one who notes the irony of *Dean* attacking this via
the use of EQ?

Chip