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From a posting from Joe DiMartino dated 8/16/2002.
Not too long ago, in a discussion far far away... there was talk about using separate file descriptors per event class, and other simplifications of the API interfaces. The topic quickly changed to partial membership and other semantic changes to the membership events. Then a series of synchronous interfaces were proposed to replace the asynchronous callbacks. Updates to the draft API document were delayed while discussions continued in the hopes of incorporating partial membership semantics along with the promised separate file descriptor support. Bottom line: The partial membership stuff will take longer to sort out, and I wanted to commit the rest to paper before I forgot. :-) This draft proposal updates the programming interface (API) section to match the examples posted previously, and provides support for separate file descriptors per event class. It does NOT include any updates (except for typos and clarifications) to the membership events and their semantics - i.e., partial membership is still not covered yet. Also, this document does not include any of the proposed synchronous get_* interfaces. Best regards, - Joe DiMartino
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