what is the ttl?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <53FECF80.8090506 at schokola.de>, Nils Goroll writes:

>At least Per and myself think that having (beresp|obj).something representing
>the overall TTL (from the Age=0 point in time) would be helpful.
>
>Any suggestions on how "something" should be named?

My problem with this concept is that objects have three lifetimes:

	age + ttl

	age + ttl + grace

	age + ttl + grace + keep

Which one are we talking about, and why ?

Second question:  What do you need the lifetime for ?

Third question:  Wouldn't it be better to explicitly show which lifetime
you want, using one of the three additions above ?

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