[net2-wg] Proposal for dissemination structure and interfaces

[Kyle Jamieson]

> >How about simplifying this down to
> >
> >interface DisseminationValue <t> {
> >  event void changed(const t*);
> >}
> 
> The one issue here is that it requires the component above to store  
> the pointer in its frame. So let's say there's some configuration  
> parameter. Every component that wants to be able to access the  
> configuration parameter needs to store a pointer to it, which wastes  
> RAM.

So therefore this design choice would cost 1 byte per component.  I'd
argue that with current and future low-end mote designs at 10 Kbytes 
of RAM and up, we should be preferring simplicity over optimizing every 
ounce of RAM space?

Kyle