[Cuis-dev] [Integrated] Re: #forceChangesToDisk
Juan Vuletich
juan at jvuletich.org
Mon Sep 16 09:13:18 PDT 2019
On 8/29/2019 1:16 AM, Phil B via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Changeset attached. I was reading a thread on squeak-dev and this
> subject came up re: the current implementation of #forceChangesToDisk
> being fairly pointless (i.e. modern OSes will see what's being done
> and effectively ignore the attempt to force the write by closing and
> re-opening) But let's say that isn't the case: it's not the 90's
> anymore and we're not running Win 3.x/9x or OS 7-9 where a VM crash
> could and would bring down your system. On top of that, the vast
> majority of us are running with journaling filesystems these days so
> even in a worst-case scenario, the old behavior adds no value that I
> can see. (i.e. if the write can't be ensured/recovered at the OS
> level, it's unlikely that the old code is going to do anything to help)
Thanks!
Cheers,
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