Re: ASEditor Drag&Drop
Re: ASEditor Drag&Drop
- Subject: Re: ASEditor Drag&Drop
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:41:55 -0700
- Thread-topic: ASEditor Drag&Drop
On 10/28/13 2:59 PM, "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I'm reminded of this every time I compile my new app, because it has code for
> converting between the two, and that is now officially deprecated as of
> Mavericks. The full warning reads:
> /* The use of kCFURLHFSPathStyle is deprecated. The Carbon File Manager, which
> uses HFS style paths, is deprecated. HFS style paths are unreliable because
> they can arbitrarily refer to multiple volumes if those volumes have identical
> volume names. You should instead use kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle wherever possible.
Fancy that. OK.
> */
Now the term deprecated has several shades of meaning, but that sure looks
> like someone doesn't like HFS paths.
For sure. It will likely be several years before it doesn't work at all (not
understanding HFS paths or 'alias "HFS Path:"' constructs) but no doubt
serious inconveniences will emerge soon enough. I wonder if the 'alias'
construct will simply disappear to be replaced POSIX files completely.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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