Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2.chuqui_test 8/16/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!sun!idi!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq) Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: idlock() in inews? Message-ID: <1338@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 12:27:00 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1338 Posted: Tue Aug 21 12:27:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 06:44:11 EDT Organization: Bryn Myrrdin Lines: 17 Can anyone give good reasons for the existance of the article id locking and unlocking routines in inews? I've looked through and I can't really see any purpose to locking them and they seem to have a fair amount of overhead involved. I believe some sites have removed them and not seen any problems (apollo, was that you?) Can anyone out there remember why they were there in the first place? chuq -- From the depths of the Crystal Cavern: Chuq Von Rospach {amd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA Dreams, dreams, enchanter! Gone with the harp's echo when the strings fall mute; with the flame's shadow when the fire dies. Be still, and listen.