(this seems to be the case in a low percentage of views, say one in ten)

Let me guess... you start 10 server processes... right?

Try starting just a single server and see if that doesn't raise your 1 in 10 to a hundred percent. ;-)

I think you should certainly be doing this another way (say, encapsulating the data in an object rather than using a package's whole namespace, for instance.) But, I understand you are already entrenched and trying to make a go of what you currently have... Still, I'd consider some sweeping changes for the next revision.

-sauoq
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