[ZODB-Dev] ZEO packing

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "CW" == Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com> writes:

  >> Do we want the default to be blocking or non-blocking?

  CW> Well, historically it has been non-blocking but I think that's a
  CW> bad thing.  In both scripted calls and through the web calls,
  CW> the instant return (with no explanatory message) indicates that
  CW> the pakc has been completed, and very quickly too ;-)

  CW> This can lead to monkey pounding TTW, or excessive calling if
  CW> done from a script in a loop (this bit me in the past)

The second call to pack would raise an error -- FileStorageError,
"Already packing."  Isn't that sufficient to prevent repeated calls to
pack()?  It certainly prevents the subsequent calls from doing
anything else.

Jeremy