updates vs. images
Craig Latta
craig at netjam.org
Thu Oct 13 19:26:11 UTC 2005
Hi Michal--
> ...when you bring non-code objects back into a newer image, the format
> of these objects may need to change, and that may require a careful
> series of steps operated on these objects. But that's exactly the kind
> of problem that Avi's suggestion was designed to avoid, and hence it
> defeats (part of) the purpose of his proposal. Ie. once you add a
> solution to patch this, that solution might as well be used for code
> also.
Sorry, I don't follow... There's no way to avoid having to mutate
objects sometimes, right? Or are you saying "don't support migration of
non-code objects"?
-C
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Craig Latta
improvisational musical informaticist
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