Avi Alkalay wrote:
> Hi Bardur
>
> There is a desire of having value and comment for folder keys.
>
> - Value is important for a closer Windows compatibility. This way a 100%
> portable app can use Elektra API to fully access former keys on the
> Windows registry.
I'm not sure Windows Registry compatibility is a good goal to aim for,
but AFAICT Elektra isn't really protable to other _UNIX_ type systems
yet, so I think it may be a bit premature to worry about Windows
compatibility :).
> - Comment is important because sometimes is more practical to comment an
> entire folder than each key separatelly.
>
> Today the Key struct has the DIR status of a key instance in two
> places: in the (value's) type and in the access permissions (mode_t),
> because this is inherithed from POSIX.
>
> So the idea is to have only one source of key status (DIR or not DIR) in
> the access bit array, and use the type only for the value.
>
Ah, ok. So in this new scheme there is an "unnamed" value associated
with every directory as well and said value is stored in the key entry
for the directory? In that case, I guess the change _improves_
orthogonality and I withdraw my 'objection'. :)
Thanks for explaining.
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Bardur Arantsson
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