Clarification on some bus behaviour

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Quarta-feira 08 Setembro 2010, às 14:19:57, Will Thompson escreveu:
> On 08/09/10 13:02, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > Thank you. I'd say apply the patch.
> 
> Done. Time to figure out how to update the spec on the website.
> 
> >> I guess you need to verify that incoming messages from the daemon really
> >> are from the daemon; but if so, I think it would be better for everyone
> >> if we mandated the reference implementation's behaviour.
> > 
> > I don't need to verify that incoming messages from the daemon are from
> > the daemon. I need a way of telling apart an incoming message from the
> > daemon from a message coming from somewhere else.
> > 
> > Each message has a sender field. I just need to know what to expect in
> > this field.
> 
> Well, again this would be easier if the reference implementation's
> behaviour was mandatory, as dbus-python assumes it is.

Indeed, that would allow me to pre-populate the name owners cache with the 
value.

Let's wait for other daemon implementors to chime in first.

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