Re: Preparing the vote on the data race issue

On 1 Aug 2013, at 21:56, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> 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?

It would be a good thing.

Volunteers? Chris, is this something you'd like to do?

Olivier


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Received on Friday, 2 August 2013 08:41:31 UTC