[openbeos] Re: question about dos filesystem and mime types
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:38:15 +0200 CEST
"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.
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