Subj : txt2pkt.pl
To   : mark lewis
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Wed Feb 09 2005 11:16 am

Hey mark!

Feb 09 13:00 05, mark lewis wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 ml> hunh? what variables? all i'm saying is to maintain a serial counter 
 ml> somewhere and increment it each time a MSGID is used...

I got it.  That might indeed be the best solution but I still wish to explore 
the possibilty of not needing to add ANY extra steps then what absolutely HAS 
to happen to succcessfully create a pkt from some client input.

 ml> there is absolutely no reason the user has to have any involvement in 
 ml> the MSGID creation...

I agree wholeheatedly.  The server should take care of that.

 ml> no matter what is done, however, if the system clock is used for any 
 ml> portion of the MSGID, there will always be a danger of generating 
 ml> dupe numbers within the three year period...

Nevermind three years, it can do MANY in one second.  In the situation here at 
least twenty on average, and probably more once I work out ridding some 
existing redundancy, is a REALITY as we speak.  I need to do something about 
that and would prefer it to be something that can be exploited further on, 
especially if an extra step or routine is required.

 MK>> Of course simply not adding a MSGID is doable given it isn't a
 MK>> requirement.  I am seriously thinking that might be the best
 MK>> course of action and damn the consequences, full speed ahead!

 ml> too much of that already out there and causing some of the problems 
 ml> which you are aware of...

Oh yeah!  I hear ya.

Life is good,
Maurice

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