Tango heap is dangerous

Tue Oct 14 18:10:32 PDT 2008

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Christopher Wright <dhasenan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Christopher Wright <dhasenan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi! I wrote Tango's heap implementation.
>>>>>> DO NOT USE IT.
>>>>>> It contains a bug that will result in data loss under relatively common
>>> and
>>> hard to track circumstances.
>>>>>>> Wow. You know, this is *so* convincing. Yes, you *must* be Christopher
>> Wright.
>> I am, in fact. Do you want me to commit this message to my project on
> dsource?
>
It seems terribly out-of-character for you, and with no leadup to the
discussion, actual facts, or way of knowing that it actually _is_ you,
I think you can understand my doubt!