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Re: A finalized program

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: A finalized program
Date 2015-09-09 00:28 +0100
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:

> On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 9:00:56 PM UTC+1, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Or if the head isn't on the track
>> > (shouldn't happen, but maybe if the system is extended, you'll have
>> > "detached heads" as in git).
>> 
>> I don't follow this.
>> 
> As you undo and redo you create a branching tree of versions. But
> there's a concept of the "active tip", which is what the track is
> about - it's a list of versions from the root to the active tip.
> The "head" is the insertion point, which is usually at the active
> tip, unless the user has just executed an "undo". Then it's a step
> back. 
> It follows that the head must always be on the "track", unless there
> is no data in the system at all. But that might not always hold, 
> at some future date we may extend the system in a way that allows
> for heads that aren't on the current track.

The bit I don't follow is what effect that has on what I said before.

-- 
Ben.

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    Re: A finalized program Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-09-08 14:45 +0100
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        Re: A finalized program Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-10 23:47 +0100
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    Re: A finalized program bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 14:05 +0200
  Re: A finalized program Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 04:42 -0700
    Re: A finalized program bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 14:15 +0200
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