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diff --git a/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md b/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md
index ed35df6..d2e6318 100644
--- a/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md
+++ b/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ The fields of interest for multi-writer are:
entry. Included in every Entry and InflatedEntry.
- `inflate`: a back-pointer to the entry index of the most recent InflatedEntry
(containing a feed metadata change). Included in every Entry and
- InflatedEntry.
+ InflatedEntry. Should not be included for the very first entry in a feed
+ (which is an InflatedEntry).
- `feeds`: list of public keys for each writer's feed. Only included in
- InflatedEntry, and only when feeds have changed.
+ InflatedEntry, and only when feeds have changed. Does include a
+ self-reference to the current (local) Feed's key, always as the first
+ element.
When serialized on disk in a SLEEP directory, the original feed is written
under `source/`. If the "local" feed is different from the original feed (aka,
@@ -297,7 +300,7 @@ Alice: db.put('/foo/2', '{"json":3}')
// Alice's Feed
0 (key='/foo/bar', value='baz',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
1 (key='/foo/2', value='{"json":3}',
vector_clock=[0], inflated=0)
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ Alice: db.authorize('b0b123...')
// Alice's Feed
0 (key='/foo/bar', value='baz',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
1 (key='/foo/2', value='{"json":3}',
vector_clock=[0], inflated=0)
2 (key=null, value=null,
@@ -335,7 +338,7 @@ Bob: db.put('/a/b', '12)
// Alice's Feed
0 (key='/foo/bar', value='baz',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
1 (key='/foo/2', value='{"json":3}',
vector_clock=[0], inflated=0)
2 (key=null, value=null,
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ Bob: db.put('/a/b', '12)
// Bob's Feed
0 (key='/a/b', value='12',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['b0b123...']) (InflatedEntry))
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['b0b123...']) (InflatedEntry))
// Graph
Alice: 0 <--- 1 <--- 2
@@ -365,7 +368,7 @@ Alice: db.put('/foo/hup', 'beep')
// Alice's Feed
0 (key='/foo/bar', value='baz',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['a11ce...']) (InflatedEntry)
1 (key='/foo/2', value='{"json":3}',
vector_clock=[0], inflated=0)
2 (key=null, value=null,
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@ Alice: db.put('/foo/hup', 'beep')
// Bob's Feed
0 (key='/a/b', value='12',
- vector_clock=[], inflated=null, feeds=['b0b123...']) (InflatedEntry))
+ vector_clock=[0], inflated=null, feeds=['b0b123...']) (InflatedEntry))
// Graph
@@ -479,8 +482,9 @@ same, but node metadata might not be (order of vector clock, etc).
Suspect that some details are off in the example: shouldn't the InflatedEntry
authorizing a new feed include a vector clock reference to a specific seq in
-that feed? Should new local (not yet authorized) feeds reference reference
-their source in an initial InflatedEntry (at seq=0)?
+that feed? Should new local (not yet authorized) feeds reference
+their source in an initial InflatedEntry (eg, Bob at seq=0)? Should the first
+InflatedEntry in a feed point to itself in it's vector clock?
# Changelog
[changelog]: #changelog