I do not intend on changing any interfaces or semantics. I only intend to change where code lives and library boundaries. There is no need to increase the scope of this project.
Also, I do not intend on making up a comical name. --Myles > On Mar 19, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Benjamin Poulain <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/19/15 2:49 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> >>> On Mar 19, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Benjamin Poulain <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 3/18/15 9:43 PM, Myles C. Maxfield wrote: >>>> Hello, all, >>>> >>>> I’d like to announce that I intend to create a standalone static library >>>> from the current contents of WebCore/platform over the coming months. This >>>> will involve creating a “Platform" top-level directory and moving source >>>> files into it, one by one. >>>> >>>> There are a few reasons for this: >>>> >>>> 1. Enforcing the layering between Platform and WebCore. Moving Platform >>>> into its own target/directory can guarantee that nothing inside it knows >>>> about anything in WebCore. >>>> 2. Being able to test code in the Platform directory with TestWebKitAPI >>>> (without exporting Platform symbols from the WebCore library) >>>> 3. Managing conceptual complexity. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback? >>> >>> That's an awesome project. That's gonna be a lot of work. >>> >>> How do you plan to do the interface between WebCore and Platform? >>> >>> Between WebCore and WebKit, we use interfaces with pure virtual functions >>> that are implemented by the clients. >>> Between WebCore and the platform, we have headers and each port has its own >>> implementation of that interface. >>> >>> Do you plan to move Platform behind a public interface or keep the current >>> model? >> >> I don’t think we need a model like the WebCore/WebKit interface. WTF is >> essentially like the proposed Platform library already, and it just exposes >> normal C++ headers and implementation files. I think the main benefit here >> is cleaning up the layering, as opposed to adding more abstraction. In fact, >> you could sort of think of WTF and Platform as logically the same library, >> with WTF being only the parts needed by JavaScriptCore, plus things that are >> logically at the same level (so basically non-GUI and no networking code). >> >> This almost makes me want to suggest a jokey name for Platform. I can’t off >> the top of my head think of a good expansion of OMG, though. Or BBQ. > > Have you seen the "clean" interface of ResourceHandle? :) > > The client layers tend to get cleaner over time while the lower layers tends > to become messier. _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
