Re: SturdyRef expiration dates
"Karp, Alan H" <[email protected]>
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Kevin Reid wrote: > > At issue is not the actual *expiration*, deleting a swiss-number-to- > object mapping; timed expiration will remain in place. We're > discussing whether a SturdyRef object/URL, which is what the > *clients* hold, should contain an alleged expiration date. > Oops. Is there some value in knowing that a sturdy ref you hold is dead without having to try it? ________________________ Alan Karp Principal Scientist Virus Safe Computing Initiative Hewlett-Packard Laboratories 1501 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 857-3967, fax (650) 857-7029 http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Alan_Karp