text_combined: brent welch welchpanasascom chris garrigues said brent welch date wed 28 aug 2002 224021 0700 well ive used checkthemodifytime cache trick files many places exmh part certainly thinks effective however occurred checkpoint state arent modifying sequences file current folder every message read perhaps look sequences file per message view id written code months ago reading sequences file first see sequences per sequence happens anywhere look sequences notably ftoc_showsequences seemed obvious lose performancewise wanted abstraction separate call sequences folder messages sequence one option would add another call get data disk felt checkthemodifytime technique would less errorprone like checkthemodifytime technique think biggest gains would augmenting ftoc_showsequences allow finer specification needs updated ftoc current code would run really update sequences messages described thoughts email message yesterday wait weeks im willing ok ive yet dive latest round changes plan say ill make progress may dabble thanks work area generalized sequence support list 8 years brent welch software architect panasas inc pioneering worlds scalable agile storage network wwwpanasascom welchpanasascom _______________________________________________ exmhworkers mailing list exmhworkersredhatcom httpslistmanredhatcommailmanlistinfoexmhworkers fri 30 aug 2002 165819 0700 new sequences window