[SAGA-RG] SAGA Message API Extension

[John Shalf]

On Jan 18, 2007, at 1:23 AM, Andre Merzky wrote:
>     |Unreliable|:       \> messages MAY (or may not) reach the
>                            remote clients.\\[0.3em]
>     |Atomic|:           \> |Unreliable|, but a message received
>                            by one client is\\
>                         \> guaranteed to (MUST) arrive
>                            at all clients.\\[0.3em]
>     |SemiReliable|:     \> messages are guaranteed to (MUST)
>                            arrive at all\\
>                         \> clients, but may arrive more than once.\\ 
> [0.3em]
>     |Reliable|:         \> all messages are guaranteed to (MUST)
>                            arrive at\\
>                         \> all clients.\\[0.3em]
>    \end{tabbing}
>
> That is similar to your list, but adds the 'atomic' one.
> Not sure if that is useful (sounds like) or easily
> implementable (??), but I found it in a list of relibility
> modes for message transmissions which looked sensible, and
> seems to be close to what you propose.

That sounds good to me.

> Got you (I think) :-)  Yes, that makes sense.  I added a
> 'topology' enum and attribute, which is handled similarly to
> the 'reliability' property (static over connection/endpoint
> lifetime, inspection via ReadOnly attribute).
>
>
> New draft is attached, with new sections marked.  It would
> be great if you could review the paragraphs about connection
> topology.

Looks good to me!
I think you have addressed all of my concerns.

-john