[Bamboo-Users] Code Snippet

[Martina.Baldanzi at isti.cnr.it]

Dear All,
I have a question about a code snippet in file bamboo.lss.Network.java.
It's not clear the meaning of the following do-while loop:

do {
        dp *= drop_prob;
        ts -= 5;
     }
while (ts > 0);

inside the

public Object send(final QuickSerializable msg, final InetSocketAddress
dst,
                       final long timeoutSeconds,
                       final Thunk1<Boolean> callback)  method.

I think that the loop calculates the probability to drop a message, but I
don't understand the meaning. Any Ideas?

Thank you very much,
Martina