Re: [pcp] Proposal for handling dynamic metric names (and hence dynamic metrics)

[Martin Hicks <mort@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 11:30:13AM +1000, Nathan Scott wrote:
> 
> > And having a 'pad' field in the middle of a structure seems kind
> > of funky, but I can see the reasoning for wanting it there. Maybe
> > just use up the two existing pad bits and call it 'flags'? (with
> > room for three more flag values in the future, one of which could
> > be to flag an extended range of domain values).
> 
> Hmm, I'd be more inclined to extend "domain" now - we've used up
> more than half the available domain numbers already, so this seems
> like the most useful way to use that bit IMO (256 numbers looks a
> tad small to me, nowadays, whereas 512 would buy alot of headroom).

Yeah, I agree with this.  We might as well take this step now to leave
plenty of room for growth.

mh

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