[Monotone-devel] encapsulation branch

[Markus Schiltknecht]

Hi,

I've just updated and sync'd the nvm.experiment.encapsulation branch. To 
quickly remind you: it's based on Zack's idea of removing the app_state, 
for two reasons:
 - reducing the amount headers included
 - allow for read only database functionality
   (and enforce that by the compiler)

I've modified lots of code to take a database or key_store object 
instead of an app_state. However, I've cheated a little (see database.hh).

However, I'm currently questioning if it's worth the effort. You always 
need some sort of context to work in. If we remove the app state, we 
simply have to pack more into the database object. OTOH those are mostly 
options and hooks, which clearly belong to either the database context 
or a key_store context...

I'm stuck and requesting for comments on how to proceed with that 
branch. :-)

Regards

Markus