2011/1/28 Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:13:47 +0100 (CET) Vincent Torri <vto...@univ-evry.fr> > said: > >> >> > the doc didnt even say what the return of the progress func does - that bit >> > of the doc refers to something unrelated. i fixed the docs to document the >> > return value. >> >> you didn't answer my question. Again I paste the doc: >> >> >> * The >> * @p progress_cb is called during the download operation, each time a >> * packet is received or when CURL wants. It can be used to display the >> * percentage of the downloaded file. Return 0 from this callback if >> provided >> * to continue the operation or anything else to abort the download. The >> only >> * operations that can be aborted are those with protocol 'http' or 'ftp'. >> In >> * that case @p job_ret can be filled. It can be used with >> * ecore_file_download_abort() or ecore_file_download_abort_all() to >> * respectively abort one or all download operations
what about at least add 2 define: ECORE_DOWNLOAD_CONTINUE = 0 ECORE_DOWNLOAD_ABORT = 1 DaveMDS >> >> So it says: >> >> 1) if one returns 0 to the progress cb, one aborts the download >> 2) if we want to abort the download, we can use the job. >> >> Questions: >> >> a) which on is the correct way to abort a download ? >> >> b) don't you think it's a design error to allow abortion for a callback >> that is used to get informations (the progress callback) ? >> >> So, please, answer these questions precisely. > > i didn't write the function. i have no answer for you. i simply documented its > current behavior. it's staying as-is because that's how it is, how it now > works, how code that depends on it now is expecting it to work. i see no > reason > why the progress callback couldnt abort by return value - eg if download > amount > is too big (maximum download limit). i'm not going to get into a debate on > minutiae of a callback right now before release. it stays as-is. too bad. too > late. if it mattered then this should have been brought up years ago when this > function was written. > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
