Re: [Babeldoc-devel] Re: PipelineDocument.toString()

[Michael A. <mic...@ze...>]

OK, done and committed to both branches.  The new method name is
getDocumentAsString(). =20

Cheers...


MikeA


On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:38, Dejan Krsmanovic wrote:
> The only problem I see here is that toString was used
> in previous versions for getting document as String.
> There are examples  in documentation where toString is
> used this way. I wrote many pipelines which use
> toString method for accessing content, too.
> On the other hand I agree with Bruce and Mike that
> toString() should return full state of object as
> String - not just content. Note that currently (in 1.2
> release) there is no way to access content of document
> as String so whatever option we choose - it should be
> implemented in 1.2 release too, not just 1.3 (1.4
> stable).=20
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> Dejan
> P.S.=20
> I fixes few bugs in Scanner module but I have updated
> only HEAD branch. I will update 1.2 branch too, and we
> can start thinking about 1.2.1 bugfix release.
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> --- Bruce McDonald <br...@mc...> wrote:
> > Mike,
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> > Good to see you back. =20
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> > I completely agree with you here.  Your name looks
> > perfect.
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> > regards,
> > Bruce.
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> > On Saturday 27 December 2003 01:20 pm, Michael
> > Ansley wrote:
> > > Hi, Bruce,
> > >
> > > I noticed the discussion on the users list
> > regarding the
> > > PipelineDocument.toString() method.  In the
> > absence of other
> > > suggestions, I'd like to suggest that:
> > >
> > > a) toString() stay as it is, because I think that
> > any toString() method
> > > should completely describe the object it's called
> > on,
> > >
> > > b) we create a new method, say documentToString()
> > or
> > > getDocumentAsString(), which contains the original
> > toString()
> > > functionality.
> > >
> > > I'm disinclined to think of this as a bug, and as
> > such, I don't see any
> > > reason for 1.2 to revert to the old behaviour,
> > although others may
> > > disagree.  However, I would prefer to see 1.3
> > follow the suggestion
> > > outlined above.
> > >
> > > Thoughts...
> > >
> > > Any objections to me creating the new method in
> > 1.3?  Preference for a
> > > name?
> > >
> > >
> > > MikeA
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> >
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