Re: Libraries and effiency
Re: Libraries and effiency
- Subject: Re: Libraries and effiency
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 05:51:11 -0700
On 2010-08-09, at 05:35:31, Shane Stanley wrote:
>> I have seen at least 100 discussions on the Carbon list about where one keeps
>> their modifiable user data. The stern recommendation from all experienced Mac
>> developers, including Apple engineers is that you use the designated folders
>> for mutable data because you simply can't write back data to a read-only disk.
> I'm not disagreeing -- just pointing out that every script app ignores the
> advice. (I've actually been half-expecting the situation to change with each
> new version of the OS, with properties being stored in prefs files, but it
> hasn't happened.)
I agree, it's real handy and a tradition — almost every app from OS 9 and previous altered their resource fork as a matter of standard practice. WRT to a newer policy, I think it will probably derive from whatever is found to be the maximum convenience and security considerations on iOS.
Philip Aker
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