FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: openbeos Digest V2 #33

["Mikael J." <tic_khr@xxxxxxxx>]

> > > Well, first of all, it's OOP in C, which is often a recipe for 
> > > ugliness. The code I've seen (*not* leaked, the sample headers 
> > > that 
> > > were released) was a complete mess. Also, doing things in the 
> > > kernel 
> > > meant not really being able to interact with user-space apps. For 
> > > instance, a net_server addon I wrote once that monitored ethernet 
> > > activity put up a deskbar widget. BONE add-ons couldn't do that.
> > >
> > Nope, instead they use ioctl()'s to just those kinds of parameters 
> > filled in by the kernel driver.
> > 
> > Point being?
> 
> Point being that you would have to run a seperate application to put 
> it 
> in the deskbar, which is ridiculous. Same with DUN. You would need to 
> run some kind of DUN monitor app to place it in the deskbar, which is 
> needlessly increasing binaries.
> 
Not really - the code for monitoring network traffic + displaying the 
icon in the Deskbar probably has nothing in common with the network add
-on, despite it being in the same binary.. Think about it.


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Mikael Jansson, BeDevID #E-20392
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