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Subject: Re: [wsbpel] Issue - 166 - Let's try it again


Yaron Y. Goland wrote:

> From the perspective of the assign it should look to it "as if" it is 
> the only activity running. So long as the behavior of the process 
> provides that illusion then the process is compliant.
>
> As you point out the actual requirements to make this happen do not 
> require any grand serialization. A little strategic locking can quite 
> nicely handle matters. But that is an implementation specific detail.

Upon further thought, and consultations with my developers, I concur. 
The language you propose is a) simple, and b) leaves room for "clever" 
implementations to add those extra "ilities" that are necessary in 
commercial products.

>
> The point is that the standards language provides a goal and then 
> leaves it to the implementer to figure out the best way to meet that 
> goal. That's why I didn't dive into the details.

Thanks for indulging my appetite for details, in this brief digression. 
I don't think the spec needs to go any further than what you have proposed.

-Ron



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