[cad-linux] Re: An open CAD file format
- From: Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:54:52 -0500
> The following was supposedly scribed by
> Massimiliano Mirra
> on Sunday 07 September 2003 04:15 am:
>> Interface is the reason that I shy away from the raw-filesystem
>> implementation because informing others in the office of the content of
>> some files has resulted in over-written configuration data (you ever try
>> to keep permissions straight on 15967 files and work on a team?)
>
>Raw filesystem implementation is not the user interface, is what the
>user interface is built on.
I'm talking about the programming interface here. If everyone's program
interfaces directly with the filesystem and the text content of each file,
then everyone's program gets broken by a change in the design specification
for the file format.
I'm sure you will never have to change your mind about the line format, but
more complex geometry exists (and you should probably never say never when
designing software.)
--Eric
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