Costin Manolache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Eric Rescorla wrote:
> 
> > Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> >> > ID provides a statistical probability of collision so low that
> >> > there is no need to explicitly check for uniqueness.
> >> 
> >> Or just add a syncronized i++ to make sure.
> > Yes.
> > 
> > There's nothing wrong with what you propose, but it's sort of
> > like saying "maybe I should wear a helmet at all times
> > because a meteor might drop on my head". Sure, it could happen,
> > btu it's not the thing I'd worry about.
> 
> I find it amazing that 2 people reported beeing hit by meteors (duplicate 
> session ids ) in the same week.  
I do too. Something is wrong but I don't know what it is yet.

However, the solution isn't to add a bandaid, but rather to
examine the code and figure out what's broken.

-Ekr

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[Eric Rescorla                                   [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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