[m-rev.] diff: allow memo tables to be reset

[Zoltan Somogyi]

On 07-Mar-2005, Ralph Becket <rafe at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> I hadn't thought of that.  Would having some additional, global flag to
> indicate whether it's safe to clear a transient table be a suitable
> workaround?
> 
> Rereading that, it sounds like a very sordid hack...

It's a sordid hack, in which the maintenance of the global flag you mention
is distributed fat.

I consider the matter settled: I won't implement memo_transient without
good reason.

Zoltan.
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