Re: Program verify

Hi Reeve,

Actually the cache design is currently being redesigned and I will pass
along your comments to the appropriate developer.

I  would like to note that items that CODE caches are not just source
(verifiers can require very complex information relating to CCSIDs,
unicode, field lists and information and various other OS settings), and
that your proposal for "smart caching" may not work out to be quicker than
what is currently in place in these circumstances.  However, in the case
where actual members are being cached, the logic you present seems
reasonable.

Thanks,

Violaine Batthish
CODE Project Lead
batthish@ca.ibm.com          IBMCA(BATTHISH)

WDT/400 page:  http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/wdt400
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                    "Reeve Fritchman"
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                    08/20/2001 04:35
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This is a nice function the cache function is a little clumsy.  It might be
more useful with a few small modifications
"Refresh cache" should offer "yes", "no", and "smart".

"Yes" works the same as it appears to today: everything's reloaded.
"No" works the same as it appears to do today: nothing's reloaded.
"Smart" tells CODE/400 to compare the creation date of cached objects or
the
last-changed date of cached source with the creation date/last-changed date
of host object/source, if the host is available.  Only host objects newer
than the cached versions would be downloaded.

This functionality should shorten the refresh time substantially when only
one external object is changed (a prototype, for example).  Now the whole
shootin' match has to be reloaded; this is fine if you're around the corner
from your iBox and running 100 MB/sec networks.  Some of us work through
Internet connections, and any kind of Internet connection is slow when
you're downloading lots of little files.

Another possibility: how about defining an interface to the piece of
CODE/400 that reaches out and touches the iBox so we could build our own
refresh mechanisms?

Regards,
Reeve

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