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| author | Matthew Sackman <matthew@lshift.net> | 2009-10-28 13:43:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Sackman <matthew@lshift.net> | 2009-10-28 13:43:35 +0000 |
| commit | 0ea9fc147f6bbffc6173fa74cec9664525a4fa08 (patch) | |
| tree | 36ed11769ef4e8d16534d793170a934fc9f663c7 /src/rabbit_msg_file.erl | |
| parent | 9312697b3a360f90764e71e377c922606b3feac8 (diff) | |
| download | rabbitmq-server-git-0ea9fc147f6bbffc6173fa74cec9664525a4fa08.tar.gz | |
Added comment explaining delightful code
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diff --git a/src/rabbit_msg_file.erl b/src/rabbit_msg_file.erl index 1b9587fbde..ea50cc6432 100644 --- a/src/rabbit_msg_file.erl +++ b/src/rabbit_msg_file.erl @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ read_next(FileHdl, Offset) -> KO -> KO end; true -> %% all good, let's continue + %% Here we take option 5 from + %% http://www.erlang.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?2:mss:1569 + %% in which we read the MsgId as a number, and + %% then convert it back to a binary in order to + %% work around bugs in Erlang's GC. MsgIdSizeBits = MsgIdSize * 8, case file:read(FileHdl, MsgIdSize) of {ok, <<MsgIdNum:MsgIdSizeBits>>} -> |