From a2c4dd85688dbef37d77aae14b3c50ae25359eab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Schlemmer <alexander@mail-schlemmer.de>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 12:55:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: comment for improving recursion detection
---
src/caosdb/apiutils.py | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
index a5a936c5..28e9a410 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ def compare_entities(old_entity: Entity, new_entity: Entity, compare_referenced_
# scalar reference
if isinstance(prop.value, Entity) and isinstance(matching[0].value, Entity):
# explicitely not recursive to prevent infinite recursion
+ # TODO: why not use a recursion detection with a cache?
same_value = empty_diff(
prop.value, matching[0].value, compare_referenced_records=False)
# list of references
--
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