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diff --git a/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md b/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md index e8f931a..8264786 100644 --- a/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md +++ b/proposals/0000-multiwriter.md @@ -112,12 +112,15 @@ A "node" is a data structure representing a database entry, including the `key`, `value`, and feed that the entry is commited to. `db.get(key)` (as described in the [hyperdb DEP][dep-hyperdb]) -returns an array of nodes. If it is unambiguous what the consistent state of a key is, -the array will have only that one value. If there is a conflict (ambiguity), -multiple nodes will be returned. If a key has been deleted from the database, a -node with the `deleted` flag will be returned; note that such "tombstone" nodes -can still have a `value` field, which may contain application-specific metadata -(such as a timestamp). +returns an array of nodes. If it is unambiguous what the consistent state of a +key is, the array will have only that one value. If there is a conflict +(ambiguity), multiple nodes will be returned. If a key has unambiguously been +removed from the database, a "null" or empty datatype is returned. If one +branch of a conflict has a deletion (but at least one of the others does not), +a node with the `deleted` flag will be returned; note that such "tombstone" +nodes can still have a `value` field, which may contain application-specific +metadata (such as a self-reported timestamp), which may help resolve the +conflict. If multiple nodes are returned from a `get`, the writer should attempt to merge the values (or chose one over the other) and write the result to the database @@ -470,9 +473,10 @@ for being more difficult to understand and implement. What is the actual on-disk layout (folder structure), if not what is documented here? -Couldn't the local feed's sequence number be skipped from vector clocks, -because it's implied by the sequence number of the hypercore entry itself? Same -with the key in the feed list (for inflated entries). +The local feed's sequence number could skipped from vector clocks, because it's +implied by the sequence number of the hypercore entry itself. Same with the key +in the feed list (for inflated entries). In both cases, the redundant data is +retained for simplicity. If there are multiple heads, but they all return the same `value` for a `get()` operation, how is it decided which `node` will be returned? AKA, values are the |