RE: deltaV write-locks and GET requests

To all users.  The lock only controls who can write to the resource,
not who can read it, and not what they read from it.

Cheers,
Geoff

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Collins-Sussman [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:53 PM
To: Clemm, Geoff
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: deltaV write-locks and GET requests


"Clemm, Geoff" <[email protected]> writes:

> Yes, a PUT to a write-locked item should be immediately visible to
> a subsequent GET on that write-locked item.  Any other behavior is
> relatively certain to confuse existing clients.

I don't understand:  are you saying that the PUT should be immediately
visible to the person with the lock, or to *all* users who do a GET?