[gridrpc-wg] questions about function handles

[Hidemoto Nakada]

Laurent

Could you (and/or some other people from your team) join the WG at the GGF 14 and 
give us a presentation on the topic ?

> I think the two solutions are not at the same level, but they both need
> functions to access them. I think we should first complete the GridRPC
> interface with data handles and data management functions. without
> assuming anything on the way they are implemeneted. By just defining
> functions, we do not assume anything on the underlying support. These
> functions may be used to access/interface some 'magical' global data
> management as well as a background support. This will depend on the
> platform. By defining data management functions in GridRPC, we will
> provide an homogenous and complete API to clients.

To define an interface, we donot have to assume specific underlying
mechanisms, but we have to assume underlying functionality.
For example, if we can assume that the underlying system has automatic 
data-caching and expiration mechanism, we donot have to have an
API to control such things.

So, I belive, we have to agree on the 'richness' of the underlying
system, to define an API.


-hidemoto