Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] UNIX_FILE_INFO

[Colin P. A. <co...@co...>]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Bezault <er...@go...> writes:

    Eric> Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >> Is there a way to get the information provided from this class
    >> within Gobo? I want to be able to use the functionality in the
    >> XPath library.
    >> 
    >> Initial searching suggests the answer is no.
    >> 
    >> But SE has FILE_INFORMATION - I should think it will be easy to
    >> add a class in Gobo unifying the two.  I can do this if it is
    >> needed.

    Eric> Perhaps we should decide first what to do with SE.  I
    Eric> suggest that we wait until the end of the month to see if
    Eric> Daniel resumes his work on SE 1.2 or not.  Or we could ask
    Eric> him now what his current plans are.

I'm copying this message to the SE 1.2 list:

Hello Daniel,

We need to know what your plans are for SE 1.2.
Ultimately, we will have to drop support for SE at some time if it
doesn't conform to ECMA. We understand that this conflicts with the
goals of the SE transitional project. Perhaps you might consider
changing the goals (if so, we would like to know) to support ECMA (or
at least use free elks).

If not, then we have to make a decision as to how long we continue to
support SE 1.2.  Right now, the question of support for STRING_GENERAL
has become urgent. Already at work, I have had to duplicate a Gobo
routine with one minor edit (that it accepted a STRING_GENERAL instead
of a STRING_8). As it was just one routine, such a bodge is acceptable
for the short term, but we will be faced with doing this a lot. This
will not be acceptable, so Gobo must very soon support STRING_GENERAL.

Last time I asked you, you said you had not decided on whether you
would support this or not. You also said you might well be making
another release in November 2007.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire