Re: [PATCH v3 4/8] reftable: ensure tables in a stack use sequential update indices

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 25, 2025, 16:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo6qyh57i.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aNTdTu08kKugIr7j@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>> Wouldn't 'monotonically increasing' suggest that
>> prev_table.max_update_index can be equal to cur_table.min_update_index?
>> I have locally changed it to 'ascending order' for similar reasons.
>
> I guess the correct phrase here is "strictly monotonically increasing".

Both of you are right and I was wrong.  Thanks for a clarification.

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