On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Shazron Abdullah <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> this was pseudocode :) I like not mapping names - will be SO much > easier definitely, we can leave it up to the user, but this will open > up more than the iCloud attribute to be set, but if they want to play > with fire... > Yes, opening up to more than the iCloud attribute is something to think about, and using the actual name would make this a little more future-friendly, I think. OTOH, we have to map the value they send to a C value [1], so we really CAN'T leave it open ended, unless maybe it turns out that in practice the only values ever used are uint32's or some such. [1] http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/System/Conceptual/ManPages_iPhoneOS/man2/setxattr.2.html -- Patrick Mueller http://muellerware.org
