| | 15 | |
| | 16 | * freeze/thaw |
| | 17 | * The code in src/pmc_freeze.c pokes deep into the guts of the STRING structure, without using any kind of API, hindering any kind of refactoring or cleanup of STRING internals. |
| | 18 | * It also relies on implementation details of the io subsystem, such that altering seemingly unrelated io functions can cause segfaults or misbehavior of the freeze/thaw code. This is often related to the string poking. |
| | 19 | * The code and comments in this subsystem give the impression of being a exploratory prototype or following an incomplete specification. For example, the main data structure in the freeze/thaw process (IMAGE_IO) claims to be a "stand-in for some kind of serializer PMC which will eventually be written". |
| | 20 | * There are hints in the documentation that the current implementation dates as far back as 2003, with comments that some parts of it "might go away sometime". |
