serialization and globalization

Suresh Jagannathan suresh@research.nj.nec.com
Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:22:01 -0400


I don't quite see why you'd consider this example a bug.  Since a globalizable
mutable object is only created once, I don't see how deserializing a piece of
state that is closed over this object effects the program's semantics.  In other
words, can you give a context in which (de)serialization allows you to tell the
difference between a program containing a mutable object recorded in some state
vector, and the corresponding program reflecting the globalization of the object?

	    - sj