On Wednesday 15 November 2000 16:39, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> | Note that the new functions are more sophisticated than the old ones. In
> | particular, they can tell you WHY the dir/file isn't read/writeable.
>
> I feel that this is a bit too much of hand holding. And they are not
> core support functions... I'd say move them to frontends.
> (I'd really hate to see code like:
> string dummy;
> if (ReadableFile(file, dummy)) { ... } )
well we could easily overcome that by creating a class to hold them
class ReadWriteInfo {
public:
static bool ReadableFile(string const & file);
static string const & ErrorMessage() { return error_message; }
private:
static string error_message;
};
bool ReadWriteInfo::ReadableFile( string const & file )
{
error_message.erase();
if( file is not readable ) {
error_message = " some error message ";
return false;
}
return true;
}
if( !ReadWriteInfo::ReadableFile(file) )
std::cerr << ReadWriteInfo::ErrorMessage() << std::endl;
I'll do this anyway and put it into xform_helpers.[Ch]. If you like it, we
can always move it into support.
Does this mean that you aren't going to apply this patch? Please do, because
I'd like feedback/help!!!!
> | Note also, that a writeable file need not yet exist but the directory
> | should be writeable.
> |
> | Allan wrote them because he wanted the feedback for the "idiot
> | user". I
>
> We don't have idiot users.
Sure we do. Look at all the dumn questions I ask! I use LyX therefore LyX has
an idiot user!
A.
