On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 14:57 +0100, Johan Tibell wrote: > 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.
Yes, I'm sure there are some good ideas to consider there. I looked at NIO1 and it's got some fairly sensible stuff. Duncan _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
