Not only that, but why are we talking about 32-bit OSTypes? Why
limit ourselves to the namespace of OSTypes when we have the
infinite reverse-DNS namespace of UTIs to work with? :) One of the
limitations of the resource manager is unless you already knew
every type of resource, it wasn't always clear at a glance what a
ResType identified.
Missed the point entirely again Gwynne,
Re-read my post. One major item was that CFTypes pack their own
OSTypes so anyone wouldn't have to care about 4 character mnemonics.
I get the feeling that you've not done much work with AppleScript
Studio. Because if you had, you'd already know that it's AppleEvent
mechanism auto-coerces AEDescs to Foundation types (like NSString,
NSDictionary, etc.) and back. I'd like CoreFoundation to have the
same facility so it can be used to everyone's advantage throughout
Carbon.
Philip Aker
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