config-aware widgets (was: Re: Experiences with KDE-CVS at LinuxWorldExpo)

[Tim Jansen]

On Monday 11 November 2002 20:54, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> It can't be used for finer-grained or cross-file transactions though
> (i.e. it limits the scope of a transaction to "things in the same
> file").

Why are cross-file transactions be impossible? 
You only need to take care that you lock them in a single atomic operation, in 
order to avoid deadlocks.

> It'd be pretty darn nice if linux/unix had a standard API in this
> area.

Yes, also for server applications.

bye...