Re: Preparing the vote on the data race issue

On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 1:50 AM, Olivier Thereaux <
> Olivier.Thereaux@bbc.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>  1. No change in the API. The spec will include a clarifying statement
>> about the fact that effects of modifying a buffer while reading its data is
>> not specified and might yield unexpected results.
>>
>
> That "clarifying statement" needs to be precise about what "while reading
> its data" means and what "unexpected results" can mean. In fact I think it
> would be fair to have this clarifying statement provided before the vote,
> so we can see exactly what we're voting for.
>

Is anyone going to work on this?

Rob
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