<div dir="auto">Table is already public. give_away/3 brings me nothing. Any process can access it (read/write).</div><div dir="auto"></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br>><br>
> I think this opinion stems from confusion about the GiftData argument<br>
> in ets:give_away/3.<br>
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> AFAIK this just passes whatever 'data' you set for the variable, not<br>
> the actual table data, through to the recipient of the 'ETS_TRANSFER'<br>
> message.<br>
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It gives all table data with full access to the process "for<br>
processing". What else do you need?<br>
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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:28 AM Frank Muller <<a href="mailto:frank.muller.erl@gmail.com" target="_blank">frank.muller.erl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > No it doesn’t. It only charges the table owner<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> >> > I’d like to retrieve all objects before deleting the table.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Strange task. Table is already "all objects".<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Nothing strange. Just a simple requirement.<br>
> >> > Objects are sent elsewhere for processing before deleting the table content.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> > What’s the most efficient way to do it?<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> ets:give_away/3<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > That’s strange indeed. How give_away/3 could help? It gives the ownership to another proc.<br>
> >><br>
> >> It actually sends all objects elsewhere (to another proc) for processing.<br>
> >><br>
> >> --<br>
> >> Led.<br>
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Led.<br>
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