FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: MIME type definition

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> As many of you know each attribute type is defined by a 32-bit 
> constant. 
> Those values are defined in /boot/develop/headers/be/support/
> TypeConstants.h
> When testing my versions of these utilites I noticed that while 
> B_MIME_TYPE 
> in this file is defined as 'MIME' (and therefore my utilities use 
> that 
> value) Be's original versions (and the rest of the OS, I'm afraid) 
> define 
> it as 'MIMS'.
> 
> Of course the new versions won't work if compiled against incorrect 
> values.
> 
> What should I/we do about it? I guess changing the value in the 
> header file 
> is the right thing to do, but I wanted to know your opinions about 
> this.
> Regards,

1) if such a situation really arises, stay compatible with the original
2) you're wrong :-)
B_MIME_TYPE is indeed defined as 'MIME', but the attribute just stores 
the mime string type, also defined as (in Mime.h):
static const uint32 B_MIME_STRING_TYPE  = 'MIMS';

Hope this clears it :)

Adios...
   Axel.