Document the rationale behind process::accounting.

[loba.git] / process.h

diff --git a/process.h b/process.h
index 57ece07203d300e2d264d8096c3958d654e34439..c7525fd1ce88bb4d4ba572561d95a85b948888fd 100644 (file)
--- a/process.h
+++ b/process.h
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ private:
         mesg_accounting ctrl_recv; // ctrl message received
         accounting(): comp_amount(0.0) { }
     };
-    accounting acc;
+    accounting acc;             // use a structure so that it is
+                                // automatically initialized a
+                                // construction
 
     void add_comp_amount(double amount) { acc.comp_amount += amount; }
     void add_data_send_mesg(double amount) {
@@ -153,6 +155,9 @@ private:
     // Returns the sum of "to_send" for all neighbors.
     double get_sum_of_to_send() const;
 
+    // Compute load_to_send (for data_send), subject to the execution parameters
+    static double compute_load_to_send(double desired);
+
     // Send procedures
     void ctrl_send(neighbor& nb);
     void data_send(neighbor& nb);