[net2-wg] Proposal for dissemination structure and interfaces

[Omprakash Gnawali]

> On Dec 16, 2005, at 6:52 PM, Omprakash Gnawali wrote:
> 
> > The proposed dissemination interface requires that the key is
> > determined at compile time. If I know that I need to disseminate
> > exactly this particular key, this interface works great. What if I do
> > not know the number of keys I will need to disseminate ?
> >
> 
> Since you have to allocate the storage for each value in a key/value  
> pair, dynamic key creation would require dynamic allocation. What's a  
> situation where you would need dynamically generated keys?


We would need this capability if we implement something like TinyDB
where we think of each query as a key. We would not know the number of
keys in advance but I would want my queries to be reliably delivered
to each node in the network. Am I thinking about the wrong application
for dissemination ?