[Pvfs2-developers] state machine ending

[Pete Wyckoff]

walt at clemson.edu wrote on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:47 -0400:
> 3) the state machine language has a keyword that lets you state that the 
> next state is "terminate" which could be used to finish the state 
> machine, but right now the code has logic that detects this and prints a 
> warning that you should NOT use this.  I don't know why we created this 
> method and then made it illegal.  Go figure!

I prefer #3 by a large margin over the other options.  It's
explicit, not racy, doesn't over-use the return value for a
conceptually different event, and doesn't rely on modifying
parent state.  Wonder why it was disabled.

Regarding names, STATE_COMPLETE and STATE_MACHINE_TERMINATED seem
like find candidates as you have sort of suggested.

My pocket change.

		-- Pete