Re: [naviserver-devel] Tcl VFS

[Mike <nee...@gm...>]

On 6/29/07, Stephen Deasey <sd...@gm...> wrote:
> Anyway, the idea is that starpacks should be supported because Zoran
> needs it, the Tcl file system API is ugly, and our coverage is spotty
> (static files work, ADP doesn't), so I'm suggesting that we drop most
> of the VFS calls and provide a separate implementation of static file
> and ADP file serving.
>
> Does this sound OK?

I do not fully understand your suggestion, but if it means what I
suspect it does, then I think this is a bad idea.  Namely, if you are
suggesting ripping out the tcl VFS interface in favor of a hack that
will allow running NS out of a starpack, I think this would be a step
backwards.  The idea of having compile-time option to optimize
fastpath is not unreasonable, but that should be the exception for the
performance critical setup, not the general rule.