[omniORB] [PATCH] "Safe" shortcut calls

[Duncan Grisby]

On Friday 10 May, Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> What is your intention concerning such an addition ? Since all overhead
> can be avoided (by not using specific flags with omniidl), is there
> any reason *not* to include the patch into the mainline after the 
> release ? I acknowledge that it is quite some work to incorporate it...

I certainly think it's worth including in omniORB 4.1, or whatever the
next major release is called. From a quick look at the patch when it
was first posted, I think it does add a little bit of memory overhead
even if you're not using it (I might have mis-remembered that,
though). I want to look into whether it's possible to avoid that, and
to generally think about how these things should fit together.

> Also, TAO provides a similar feature, and I'm wondering whether such
> policies couldn't eventually make it into the standard, if CORBA ever
> penetrates more domains with similar demands...

My guess would be that the OMG wouldn't go for it as part of the
standard, since it violates the object model. I might be wrong.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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