On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Charles Srstka <cocoa...@charlessoft.com> wrote: > No, but it would no longer be an abstraction over the type system. The idea > of UTI is that you just want to handle a certain type of file; you don’t > care *how* the OS figures out that it’s that particular type of file. If > someone comes up with a newer and better way to implement file types in the > future, the UTI system will just be updated to handle that new type system > and your app will continue to work with no modifications. That, along with > the hierarchy, is what is nice about UTI.
The "newer and better way to implement file types" might be "you can also specify that this individual file is really this specific UTI instead of making Launch Services guess." :) This would be very helpful for the MATLAB vs ObjC example. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
