Update of /project/elephant/cvsroot/elephant/doc In directory clnet:/tmp/cvs-serv13013/doc Modified Files: data-store-reference.texinfo Log Message: Fixed circular name dependency due to new asdf load order --- /project/elephant/cvsroot/elephant/doc/data-store-reference.texinfo 2007/03/30 14:34:34 1.2 +++ /project/elephant/cvsroot/elephant/doc/data-store-reference.texinfo 2007/03/30 17:28:50 1.3 @@ -67,11 +67,21 @@ @include includes/fun-elephant-backend-open-controller.texinfo @include includes/fun-elephant-backend-close-controller.texinfo - +For upgrading and opening legacy databases it is important that a +store be able to indicate which version of elephant was used to create +it. This governs the chosen serializer, mappings between elephant +symbols used in an old vs. new version, etc. Because this is called +to initialize the serializer, it must directly implemented by the +backend without using the serializer. @include includes/fun-elephant-backend-database-version.texinfo -These functions are important utilities for implementing +There are some utilities for serializing simple data without a +serializer using the memutil package. + +@include + +These functions are useful utilities for implementing store-controllers. @include includes/fun-elephant-backend-get-con.texinfo