[mnet-devel] Re: [mnet-cvs]calculate timeouts according to size of sent message

[Arno Waschk]

yes, but initiating messages can be 250 bytes or very big ("put block", 
"message for you").
This was why it was introduced in 0.7. Should at least help in these 
cases, and not hurt anywhere else...
Arno

On 16 Feb 2004 19:49:02 -0500, Zooko O'Whielacronx <zooko at zooko.com> wrote:

>
> After talking about this patch with Arno, it occurred to me that 
> timeouts have
> no effect on response messages (e.g. the feared "are there messages 
> response"),
> only on initiating messages.  Therefore, I think we should put timeouts 
> back to
> mu + 6 * sigma, or even the one that has been the most tested over the 
> last
> months: mu + 2 * sigma.
>
> Regards,
>
> Zooko
>
>> --- MojoTransaction.py	14 Feb 2004 22:17:11 -0000	1.71
>> +++ MojoTransaction.py	17 Feb 2004 00:01:33 -0000	1.72
>> @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
>>  best price auctioning system.
>>  """
>>
>> -def calculate_timeout(mu, sigma):
>> -    return mu + 3*sigma
>> +def calculate_timeout(mu, sigma, size=500):
>> +    return (mu*size/500) + sigma)
>>
>>  class Widget:
>>      def __init__(self, counterparty_id, firstmsgId=None, payment=0):
>
>
>
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