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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:01:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0406091101160.57882-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <56935.1086803930@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0406091051580.57882-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
> lian Elischer writes:
> 
> >As I've said before and will continue to say..
> >"We need a more formal model of dealing with reference counts"
> >
> >i.e. 
> >
> >we should get a set of reference counting primatives and make it WELL
> >DOCUMENTED as to how they should be used..
> 
> And as others have replied:  It is seldom worth it from code clarity
> or performance wise.

few have replied in that way..
most have agreed that it is worth persuing..


> 
> -- 
> Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
> phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
> FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
> Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
> 



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