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Date:      Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:05:05 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c 
Message-ID:  <57019.1086804305@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:01:47 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0406091101160.57882-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0406091101160.57882-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju
lian Elischer writes:
>
>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..

Then do so :-)

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