[Monotone-devel] Re: Sanity checking

[Bruce Stephens]

Jon Bright <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

> I know Nathaniel's opposed to this kind of thing (and I'm broadly
> agreed), on the grounds that it makes the sanity-checking more complex
> - 
> and that's a place we really don't need complexity.  Slow sanity
> checking is one thing.  Inadvertently broken sanity-checking... :-)

That's true.

> Hence my wish for a simple "turn it all off" switch.  Is there,
> incidentally, anything that the sanity checking gives me which "db
> check" doesn't?

That's a good question.  And if there is, then probably "db check"
ought to be extended.