Ocamlnet 4 Reference Manual : Netsys_global.propagator

# Class type Netsys_global.propagator

    class type propagator = object .. end

    method propagate : string -> string -> int64

`propagate name value version`: push the new `value` of the variable called `name` to other processes. The version of the new value is returned.

    method update : string -> int64 -> (string * int64) option

`update name version`: checks whether there is a new value of the variable `name` with a version higher than the passed `version`. If not, `None` is returned. If so, `Some(val,vers)` is returned where `val` is the value with version `vers`.