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Diffstat (limited to 'prelim.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | prelim.py | 33 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ priest ledger format ------------------- front #denotes the start of the actual ledger -0/1,n,0/1 #voted or not, ballot number, promised or not +0/1,n,0/1,x #voted or not, ballot number, promised or not, adder multiplier promised or not explanation: whether or not this priest has promised to not respond to maxvote requests after this ballot +adder multiplier explanation: (see doc for messenger) """ @@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ lies in that domain (of anything and everything, that is) - assigns ballot number ranges for each priest (so B1 is satisfied) """ class god: - + pass """ messenger relays messages to and from the leader and the priest @@ -23,23 +24,29 @@ she accomplishes this by tracking the priests' ledger files for changes each priest (including the leader) has a personal messenger """ -class messenger(god): + +class messenger(): """ leader messenger functions """ def send_next_ballot(): + pass def send_begin_ballot(): - + pass + def send_on_success(): + pass """ priest messenger functions """ def send_last_vote(): + pass def send_vote(): + pass @@ -47,21 +54,28 @@ class messenger(god): priests are present (or not present) and vote (or not vote) for ballots proposed by the leader they record all ballots they have participated in in individual ledger files + +note: unique sets of numbers are created by an 'adder': starting from a base value, +each priest determines next ballot number by adding adder*x where x is the number of +ballots he's assigned numbers before the current ballot """ class priest(god, messenger): - def __init__(self, name, is_leader): + def __init__(self, name, is_leader, adder): self.name = name #write this name in the ledger in case it gets lost (ledger fileaname) self.is_leader = is_leader - self.messenger = messenger(); #hire a messenger + self.messenger = messenger() #hire a messenger + self.adder = adder + self.ledger = open("ledgers/" + self.name, "+") - if(self.is_leader): + #if(self.is_leader): #====================regular priest functions====================== def last_vote(): + pass #responding to a next_ballot request from the leader #determine the lastVote and send it to the leader (if not promised to another leader) (might #need another function for this) @@ -69,23 +83,28 @@ class priest(god, messenger): #if responded, set promise to 1 for the relevant maxVote in the ledger def vote(): + pass #choose (randomly) whether or not to vote on this ballot #send the vote to the leader (another function "voted"?) def on_success(): + pass #do something if the messenger brings the good news of a ballot success #=====================leader functions=================== def next_ballot(ballot_num): + pass #randomly choose a majority set of priests #send the nextBallot message to the priests and wait for their responses def begin_ballot(): + pass #send message to every priest indicating that his vote is requested def evaluate(): + pass #check if the ballot was a success and note the decree if it was #send the sucess message to all living priests |