*: startd is sleep()y (#837) *: -1 is a common tid representing "no timer", it is checked with != -1 and >= 0. tid should be a type. *: some code does "if (daemonCore)", suggests the code might be executing after the global daemonCore object is deleted, or before it is constructed, which should not happen -*: old grid universe resource attributes and attendant code: grid_type, globusscheduler, jobmanager_type