Re: [naviserver-devel] Re: [naviserver-commits] naviserver/nsd tclobjv.c,1.7,1.8 tclresp.c,1.4,1.5

[Vlad S. <vl...@cr...>]

I thought about ns_return -binary as well. first -binary flag is 
optional so it will be compatible with the old API. Let me try this.

Zoran Vasiljevic wrote:
> 
> Am 10.06.2005 um 15:41 schrieb Vlad Seryakov:
> 
>> * Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj --
>> *
>> *      Attempt to get the array of bytes from the Tcl object.  If the
>> *      object is not already a ByteArray object, an attempt will be
>> *      made to convert it to one.
>>
>> So, if i call ns_return from Tcl and pass data parameter, it will  be 
>> always type of String. ByteArrays are created from Tcl by binary  
>> command only, other commands work with String types, so i need to  
>> tell ns_return to treat data as bytearray. Tcl string
>> can contain binary data but it is still String and that check will  
>> never work for binary data.
>>
> 
> I'm afraid you are right. I also have my own (binary-aware) ns_return  
> somewhere
> in my toolbox but never thought it would be of general interest.
> 
> OTOH, the "ns_return -binary" would look nicer but I do not
> know if we'd be backwardly-compatible (guess not).
> 
> Zoran
> 
> 
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