From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   [Obdisclaimer:  cc'ing s.e.d only because some of you are no longer   
   subscribed to the list and will likely not see this, otherwise.   
   And, its a substantial change in the API so worth noting.]   
      
   Using similar mechanisms to those that I use in call-by-value RMIs,   
   I can protect against races for call-by-reference -- throwing an   
   exception or just spinning on any violations on the calling side.   
      
   Or, I can just let people rely on their own discipline to   
   ensure they don't introduce latent bugs via this mechanism   
   (resorting to call by value universally seems a bad idea   
   for legacy coders).  As these types of races have typically   
   been hard to test for, I suspect it is worth the effort.   
      
   Any pointers to languages or IDLs that include such qualifying   
   adjectives?   
      
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