RE: [UM1-coders] Object Store

[Peter C. <pet...@ne...>]

> From: J.P. King [mailto:jp...@he...]
> > I think the bigger problem is how do we use it? The code wouldn't
> > be particularly efficient if every access went to an out-of-process
> > call.
> 
> No, it wouldn't.  Is this really a problem?

Yes.  Users have come to expect the site to be fast.

> Does this problem outweigh the potential benefits?

Yes.  Witness the number of times I've seen MUSH databases go tits-up.
However, see later.

> Yes, although ideally we'd like ways of atomising operations, or
> supporting rollback.

Quite.

[Below] The modern C++ object stores can do transparent, transactional
persistence and object caching in-process.  If there's a free one, it would
certanly be worth investigating.  But we shouldn't try to roll our own.

		- Peter