[ZODB-Dev] Why DO we use timestamps as transaction ids?

[Jim Fulton]

Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Chris Withers wrote at 2006-10-5 09:52 +0100:
...

>> I'm wondering why we take on those issues rather than just use an 
>> incrementing integer sequence instead?
> 
> With integer keys, you would not be able to pack to something
> like n days before -- as you do not have any time in your
> storage file....

You would still need to track times, but you could manage
this as transaction meta data, rather than using it as an id.

Jim

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