Re: Tetrits and "stickiness"
Michel,
Wasn't Dan's suggestion to carry both a sticky and
non-sticky part, with an extra bit, so no mode would
be required?
Baker
On 4/15/2010 13:52, Michel Hack wrote:
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In fact, programs DO care about both, at SEPARATE times. A common
situation is a fast path that expects no exceptional cases, but
checks this assumption with a sticky check at the end so as to
repeat the routine using a slow but thoroughly-checked sequence.
Now, this could be supported by a *mode* (preferably local to each
operation) that requests either details or stickiness -- but it may
be easier always to provide both. This could perhaps be left as an
implementation choice.
Michel.
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