[openbeosstorage] Re: Facing the End ;-)

  • From: Tyler Dauwalder <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeosstorage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 01:17:39 -0800

> > > > I believe, it is a good idea to break source compatibility, even
> > > > if
> > > > it
> > > > is only to replace TypedList by BObjectList and move the classes
> > > > into
> > > > an appropriate namespace (BPrivate:: or B* -- I prefer the 
> > > > latter
> > > > one)... and maybe rename Device to something less general, e.g.
> > > > BDisk.
> > > > But actually I would even change some more things...
> > > I say, if we break compatibility, we go all out and fix the 
> > > static,
> > > messy API as well.
> > 
> > Right; moving to another namespace would also break binary
> > compatibility, so since we probably know all the victims of this
> > step,
> > I really think we should completely work over the API and make it 
> > fit
> > better into the rest of the Be API.
> 
> Fine, I will see, if I can prepare a rough draft tomorrow. If then
> still both of you guys are convinced, that the required time will be
> acceptable for R1, then be it so.

Sounds good to me. :-)

-Tyler

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