BIND 10 #1596: Addressing of multiple instances of the same component

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#1596: Addressing of multiple instances of the same component
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                   Reporter:         |                 Owner:  jinmei
  vorner                             |                Status:  reviewing
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Comment (by jinmei):

 Replying to [comment:14 vorner]:

 > > - bind10_src: in my often incorrect understanding of the English
 > >   grammar, an 'if' clause cannot be the subject of a sentence.  So I'd
 > >   change 'If it turns...or if we' to "Whether it turns...or whether
 > >   we":
 > > {{{
 > >        # want to support multiple instances of a single component. If
 it turns
 > >        # out that we'll have a single component with multiple same
 processes
 > >        # or if we start multiple components with the same
 configuration (we do
 > >        # this now, but it might change) is an open question.
 > > }}}
 >
 > Well, the subject isn't 'if', but 'it'.

 I didn't mean that (sub) sentence (note the "clause").  What I meant
 is that the clause "If it turns out that we'll have a single component
 with multiple same processes (or if... configuration)" is used as the
 subject of the sentence of "<clause> is an open question".

 And,

 > Besides, whether is the same grammar kind of word as if.

 They are the same "kind", but in my possibly incorrect understanding
 of the grammar, they are not always interchangeable.  Whether the
 corresponding clause can be a sentence subject is, again, in my
 understanding, one exception.

 An English grammar textbook I just happen to have now shows this
 example:

 "Whether there are any survivors is still uncertain."
 (noting that this "Whether" cannot be replaced with "If").

 while in this case you can use either whether or if:
 "I asked her whether/if she had done that sort of work before".

 But anyway, I don't claim I'm an English grammar expert, and at the
 very least I don't think the original text could be misunderstood even
 if it's grammatically incorrect.  So if you believe it's correct I
 don't oppose to keeping it.

 > Anyway, when merging, I found a problem which needed a bigger change ‒
 the stats module stopped shutting down and it turned out I forgot to
 update all the spec files to expect the pid argument. Do you want to have
 a look at that change as well?

 That looks okay, but is it okay to not change cmdctl?

 > Also, there's one change, the Makefile in dns/tests/testdata talked
 about wrong file (I looked at the commit when it was introduced), so I
 fixed it (strange it wasn't caught by the build bots).

 Ack, thanks.

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