Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Improve language on evictable entries. (#3131)

[Mike Bishop <[e-mail]>]

MikeBishop commented on this pull request.



>  ### Limits on Dynamic Table Insertions {#blocked-insertion}
 
 Inserting entries into the dynamic table might not be possible if the table
 contains entries which cannot be evicted.
 
 A dynamic table entry cannot be evicted immediately after insertion, even if it
 has never been referenced. Once the insertion of a dynamic table entry has been
-acknowledged and there are no outstanding unacknowledged references to the
-entry, the entry becomes evictable.
+acknowledged and there are no outstanding references to the entry in
+unacknowledged header blocks, the entry becomes evictable.  Note that
+unacknowledged references on the encoder stream do not preclude the eviction of

This might be a (very old!) holdover from when inserts weren't always on a single stream.  In that case, you might have an unacknowledged insert that depended on another entry for the field name.  But as they *are* on a single stream, the insert that causes an eviction can only arrive after the insert that has the dependency has already been processed.

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