>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes:
Jan> sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) writes:
Jan> I propose that it should (by default) always use dotlocking (even
Jan> together with any other method).
>
> I don't believe that's a good idea: Locking would no longer be atomic,
> and you can get deadlocks that way.
Jan> Not if everybody acquires the locks in the same order. Which is indeed
Jan> the case.
What's the order? And why is this the case? Is there a standard or
agreement on this?
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