Mailinglist Archive: zypp-devel (148 mails)

[Jan Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxx>]

Michael Matz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. wrote:
>
> > Pool by itself is a transaction.
>
> Ehh?  No, it isn't.  I never understood the use of the word 'transaction' 
> in libzypp (or "an item transacts", which gives me even more creeps).  A 

Yeah, i guess this 'transaction' is just a short version of 'things to
be acted upon by the transaction'. So how else should we call it?

j.

> transaction is a collection of units of work, not a collection of things.  
> A unit of work, when applied to a thing gives you a new think, hence a 
> transaction is comparable to a function, and the pool comparable to a 
> simple set on which a transaction can be applied (giving you a new pool).
>
> (For nitpicks: yes, a function also is just a special set, but it's 
> cleaner to differentiate between both concepts).
>
> > transaction (I will start calling the pool transaction since today, to 
> > use the new buzz)
>
> I hope you reconsider.  My toenails curl up when I hear that :)
>
>
> Ciao,
> Michael.

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