Re: file names = inodes : why?

[Greg Hudson]

Mark Delany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Possibly. What do you propose? The current method guarantees a
> unique file name first time, every time. Since it's needed for every
> new mail, you want it to be efficient, right?

Not a very good argument.  If some other technique gets a unique
filename the first time with 1-epsilon probability, then the
performance difference will be negligible.  Having to handle more
conditions, though undesirable, does not imply significantly reduced
performance.