Re: [pclasses-devel] rethinking the URL class

[Christian P. <cp...@se...>]

The IO module is ok for me.

Am Samstag 25 Dezember 2004 17:19 schrieb stephan beal:
> Yo,
>
> Last night i realized that from a dependencies point of view, URL is not
> really a Net class. It doesn't depend on any Net functionality, but
> does depend on Unicode. URL doesn't really belong to Unicode, either,
> though. IO and Net both currently use URL (zB, IOHandler::get(URL)),
> but IO should not depend on Net (aber anders rum).
>
> So how about moving URL to IO? A URL does not represent an IO operation,
> but does hold data for a potential IO operation. A URL is essentially a
> pointer to an abstract data source, and data sources are used for IO.
>
> This change would eliminate one circular dep on Net and IO, and would
> also allow the IOManager to not depend on Net (which it shouldn't have
> to). If URL stays in Net then the whole IO and Net modules have a
> circular dep, which complicates building them and will make code
> maintenance more difficult at some point.
>
> Another option is we combine IO and Net into one module. Logically
> speaking, IO/Net are quite similar, and will be used in similar
> contexts. There IS a distinction between them, and 2 separate modules
> is certainly justifiable, but i don't know if most people will realize
> these subtle distinctions.
>
> ???