From 9592b80913e775322b0308702b5776ee8d70b7cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Young Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:24:59 -0500 Subject: Mention the problems VFD SWMR has with variable-length data. --- doc/VFD_SWMR_Punch_List.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/VFD_SWMR_Punch_List.md b/doc/VFD_SWMR_Punch_List.md index 97a7d6a..de791b3 100644 --- a/doc/VFD_SWMR_Punch_List.md +++ b/doc/VFD_SWMR_Punch_List.md @@ -175,3 +175,8 @@ primarily on Jelly. object that the reader has open (possesses an hid_t), and max_lag ticks later the reader tries to access the object by hid_t, the reader get an error result, or crash, or access the wrong object. + +36. Make variable-length data work. It cannot work in a simple and + reliable fashion with VFD SWMR while structural metadata is mixed + with user data and stored in raw data pages. For a simple example, + see the variable-length string test, `vfd_swmr_vlstr`. -- cgit v0.12