[DRMAA-WG] Another proposal

[Roger Brobst]

I see so little upside that I would label this
proposed change 'gratuitous'.

On the other hand, by not making the proposed change
in drmaa_control, someone will cry 'inconsistency' if
flags are not used in subsequent APIs.

My preference would be to not change drmaa_control(),
and not worry too much about consistency with drmaa_control()
when developing subsequent APIs.

-Roger


----Original Message----
From: Daniel Templeton <Dan.Templeton at Sun.COM>
Sender: drmaa-wg-bounces at ogf.org
To: DRMAA Working Group <drmaa-wg at gridforum.org>
Subject: [DRMAA-WG] Another proposal
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:38:24 -0800

A customer just pointed out the awkwardness of the drmaa_control() 
operation.  As a rule, I don't like operations whose behavior is 
controlled by a flag.  It's generally easier to learn and easier to read 
is the name of the operation is descriptive of exactly what it does.  
What would people think of replacing the drmaa_control() operation with 
drmaa_suspend_job(), drmaa_release_job(), drmaa_hold_job(), 
drmaa_resume_job(), and drmaa_terminate_job() operations.  I don't see 
the downside, myself.

Daniel
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