David Smith
I’m assuming nobody following me uses NSDistributedLock; if there is, cut it out. I think it’s not deprecated ‘cause we forgot it existed.
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@mjtsai in ascending order of squickiness: • a database • have one process use XPC to talk to a single writer • defaults • flock()
Michael Tsai
@Catfish_Man Those aren't near as convenient as distributed locks with a network filesystem, but I guess that's not common these days.
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@mjtsai NSDistributedLock is a mkdir() spinlock. It’s prone to orphaned locks, doesn’t support donation, and is slow :/ - View other replies
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@Catfish_Man I'm not using it, and it's pretty clear it would have limitations like that. But seems like a reasonable LCD option to have…
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@mjtsai@Catfish_Man Sometimes convenience is the enemy of correctness. -
@mjtsai@Catfish_Man That said, we should strive to eliminate unnecessary inconvenience that otherwise encourages use of the wrong thing.
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Kyle S.
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