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There are CDTS that have "multiple versions", which look an awful lot like conflicts to me, ie, the Multi-Value Register in this paper: https://inria.hal.scien

There are CDTS that have "multiple versions", which look an awful lot like conflicts to me, ie, the Multi-Value Register in this paper: https://inria.hal.science/inria-00555588/ https://inria.hal.science/inria-00555588/

kiitos 2y ago
Multi-value registers are CRDTs for sure. Conflict-free doesn't mean that values can't have concurrent histories (or, as you say, "multiple versions") -- it means that the merge operation always succeeds.
- LAC-Tech 2y ago
  What's the definition of a conflict, then? Equations welcome.
  - kiitos 2y ago
    Feel free to read up on CRDTs; I'm confident this will answer your question. The short answer is, roughly, that a conflict is a discrepancy in state which cannot be mechanically resolved.
    - LAC-Tech 2y ago
      I've read a few CRDT papers. Perhaps you could name a specific one.