Re: [pcp] [RFC] pcp python patch

[David Smith <dsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/2014 04:53 PM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> [...]
>> This would only have affected anyone who called
>> clear_metrics()/reset_metrics() or clear_indoms().
>>
>>> Do we need a new API to allow new dictionary object
>>> ref(s) to be pushed down to cpmda, overwriting the old?
>>
>> Hmm, I'm not really seeing a use case for that with the way the PMDA
>> class is currently written. What is your thought here?
> 
> Oh, I just had the impression from your earlier mail you weren't
> completely satisfied that we'd covered off all the cases ... its
> likely I've just misinterpreted that "except for [1]" reference.

I believe I've covered all the cases. All list/dictionary references are
cached down in cpmda and no longer thrown away after use (a). In the
PMDA class, I made sure all lists/dictionaries are cleared, not recreated.

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