Re: [Datadraw-user] 42 makes me improve datadraw

[Richard P. <rdp...@gm...>]

I've commited my changes.

A diff of my .dd files using the previous and the actual version of datadraw
shows no changes.  So I assume that I am backward compatible at least.

Best Regards.

Richard

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Richard Prescott <rdp...@gm...>wrote:

> Hello guys,
>
> I have implemented two features for datadraw.  One of it is "view".  I.e.
> calculated properties where the code is provided by the user and later
> usable as key for hashes, ordered_lists, and heaps.  It can also be used for
> documentation purpose as the first thing I tend to read in a datadraw
> projects is the .dd and then (sometimes) the .h.
>
> The second feature is chained key for the same types of relationships
> (hashes, ordered_lists, and heaps).  I face that for the first time when
> confronting a many to many relationship where searching for the other were
> using a derived key.  Yes, this could have been implemented with "view" but
> this solution is sexier I think.
>
> I am ready to commit.  Although, I haven't done extensive tests.  So i
> don't want to break installations using latest subversion version and also I
> didn't discuss those two features with anybody.  So maybe they are
> inappropriate? Let discuss....
>
> Code is like picture, it worth a thousand words.  So in attchmnt, an
> example of it that compiles and run.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Richard
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