[ZODB-Dev] [Enhancement Proposal] Garanteed lifetime for volatile variables

[Jim Fulton]

Dieter Maurer wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote at 2006-10-9 13:22 -0400:
>> ...
>> Hm, I don't why the use cases imply setting it only at the class
>> level, but OK.  I'll just take that as a given. So, since _p_sticky
>> is set at the class level, why store it on the instances?
> 

...

> use case 3, set on instance level.

I missed that. Sorry.

> To make cache garbage collection as fast as possible,
> I have proposed to actually store the sticky information in the
> C object structure.

I don't like the idea of adding that overhead to every
persistent object just for this use case.  OTOH, we only
need a bit and I think we had a few spare bits.  So maybe
this wouldn't require any new space.


Jim

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