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Lost. After updating with the proposed text, I didn't respond to your suggestions below.
I agree with the first suggestion. All alias dereferencing should dereference recursively, and all should employ loop detection.
I don't see text like "The filter is applied to the dereferenced object(s).". I'm not sure what you're saying here.
Jim
>>> Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> 12/7/04 2:01:43 PM >>> This was either lost or ignored - maybe deservedly so. If nobody replies, I'll consider the issue dead. (As I note below, it still seems to say dereferencing the base object is not recursive, but OTOH I don't expect anyone to misunderstand.) Hallvard B Furuseth writes: >Jim Sermersheim writes: >>>>> Hallvard B Furuseth < h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no > 11/8/04 5:59:28 AM >>>> derefInSearching: While searching, dereference any alias entry >>>> subordinate to the base object which is also in the search >>>> scope. The filter is applied to the dereferenced object(s). If >>>> the search scope is wholeSubtree, the search continues in the >>>> subtree of any dereferenced object. Aliases in that subtree are >>>> also dereferenced. >>> >>> This seems to say that recursive dereferencing stops at alias entries >>> that are not subordinate to the base object, and that onelevel >>> searches do not recursively dereference aliases. >> >> How's this: >> >> While searching subordinates of the base object, dereference any alias >> within the search scope (the act of dereferencing an alias includes >> recursively dereferencing aliases which refer to aliases). Dereferenced >> objects become the vertices of further search scopes where the Search >> operation continues. If the search scope is wholeSubtree, the Search >> continues in the subtree(s) of any dereferenced object. If the search >> scope is singleLevel, the search is applied to any dereferenced objects, >> and is not applied to their subordinates. > > I want to mix the old text with your new text, but I'm not sure how... > Suggestions: > > Move the part about aliasing being recursive directly under > derefAliases. Move up 'Servers MUST detect looping...' as well. > > It was perhaps unfortunate to have 'The filter is applied to the > dereferenced object(s).' _before_ saying that a subtree search > continues, but OTOH 'Aliases in that subtree are also dereferenced' > seems worth keeping. -- Hallvard |