[Telepathy] Uniqueness of objects

[Xavier Claessens]

On mer, 2008-10-01 at 13:21 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 at 07:24:58 +0200, Xavier Claessens wrote:
> > The spec doesn't say exactly
> > what happens if ReleaseHandle is called more than once
> 
> The spec does (or should) say that HoldHandle is idempotent, i.e. one
> call is equivalent to many calls. The intention and implementation is
> that whether a client :1.42 is holding handle 123 is binary - either it
> is or it isn't. So however many times :1.42 calls HoldHandle or
> RequestHandles, it only has one reference to handle 123, and
> ReleaseHandles([123]) is sufficient to release that reference.

Sure, but what happens if I call ReleaseHandles 2 times? The first time
the handle was Hold, so it's OK. The 2nd there is 2 possibilities:
1) The handle is already destroyed and I guess I get an error like
"invalid handle". 2) The handle is still hold by a channel or another
process, in that case the spec is not clear, what happens? The CM
silently ignore the call? An error is returned?

Anyway, it's not really the debate here...

Xavier.