updating a person object

Daniel wrote:
[snip]
> What I mean is that a handle lives as long as the object it identifies. 
> If the object is deleted that handle is not reused to identify a
> different object. 

So the handle is deleted if it's only referenced in *this* (also
deleted) certain object? And the handle itself (XY123-RIPE) will
not be used again, right?

Not much harm, but not needed, IMO.

> I used to believe that high numbers in handles should be avoided and
> handles could be re-used.  In the light of various problems and the
> "history" questions I referred to, I now believe that handles should not
> be re-used. 

I think having a certain period of time will help sufficiently in this
case. If a handle is *deleted*, half a year after its deletion there is
no big risk, I would say.
Since deletion will not happen if the handle is still referenced (!) and
connecting a domain (DENIC) will not happen if the handle does not
exist...

Regards,
Alexander

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