FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: question about dos filesystem and mime types

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Marcus Overhagen <marcusoverhagen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Extensions and alias entries should probably stored in a hash 
> > > table, for fast access.
> Doesn't the existing mime db already supports multiple extentions for 
> the same mime ? (by adding BMessages, but maybe it's not efficiently 
> parsed ?)

Yes, it does. It still makes sense to have, for example, audio/x-mpeg 
and audio/mpeg point to the same actual MIME type, and maintain only a 
single set of extensions and further attributes.
That would make the MIME system much more flexible and stronger at the 
same time.

Bye,
   Axel.