Re: SturdyRef expiration dates

"Karp, Alan H" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.e.general
Message-ID <B9B0C3C501993E4CBCF04411E76197C8185F683C@G3W0637.americas.hpqcorp.net>
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?

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