On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Duncan Coutts <duncan.cou...@worc.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > We need to think about a new better permissions api for the > System.Directory module. The current api and also the implementation are > at best useless and possibly harmful.
Perhaps there's something we can learn from the rearchitecture of Java's file handling that's happening in NIO 2. They're overhauling how files, directories, file systems, links, and metadata is handled. They address things such as providing both a lowest common denominator layer and platform specific "extensions". See for example http://javanio.info/filearea/nioserver/WhatsNewNIO2.pdf starting at slide 17. Cheers, Johan _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users