Re: parameter config is a mess

Scott Miller wrote:

> Well, you can't change the value in threads that have already been 
> created, as they have a new dynamic environment anyway.

not true. Parameters only get copied to dynenv when their value is set.

Anyway, I'm not too concerned about old threads.

> But why 
> wouldn't future threads inherit the value if you change it?

Because there are many many ways to create threads and dynamic 
environments. Only some of them do dynenv inheritance. It's in the 
nature of *system* properties that you want them to apply as defaults 
*system-wide*, i.e. setting a parameter via a system property should 
have the same effect as if the parameter had been created with the 
specified value as the default - all threads, no matter how you created 
them, inherit it.


Matthias



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