Re: NSFileManager and Mac OS X: fully compatible before the end of days?
Re: NSFileManager and Mac OS X: fully compatible before the end of days?
- Subject: Re: NSFileManager and Mac OS X: fully compatible before the end of days?
- From: "Mark Munz (DevList)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 11:53:00 -0500
I think the problem with the new algorithm is that betterIdea is not
defined.
Is that betterIdea for another, different API? Isn't that ALWAYS the
case (it's always fun to create new APIs in new areas)?
NSFileManager is due for some overhaul and if more requests makes the
overhaul a higher priority, then all the better. I don't believe
Cocoa developers should be forced to use Carbon APIs to do common
file operations. The performance and functionality of the Cocoa APIs
should match those of the Carbon APIs.
It is no better than the "use terminal" (which, sadly, has become
more common) as an alternative to a GUI interface for certain
features and preferences of an application. It is OK for the more
obscure things, but I've seen more applications making common use of
terminal as an interface. It is OK to use Carbon APIs for some of the
more hardcore stuff, but Cocoa APIs that are nearly as efficient as
the Carbon APIs for file management is not an unreasonable request,
IMHO.
If a lot of people make the request, then it would seem they find it
to be an important area to focus on. Intelligence should also be used
in determining what the needs of the "other" customer (the developer)
are, and part of that what people want Apple to focus on -- and
that's where voting would come in. :)
Mark Munz
On May 21, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
On Fri, 20 May 2005 13:57:19 -0400, Scott Anguish
<email@hidden> said:
On May 20, 2005, at 1:40 PM, Scott Stevenson wrote:
On May 20, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Stéphane Sudre wrote:
Is it worth filing a request enhancement to have the NSFileManager
API being fully compatible with Mac OS X or is it already in the
pipeline?
It's always worth it. More requests = higher priority.
the problem with this is that you're assigning higherPriority to
moreRequests
you want to be testing equality I think.. so
moreRequests==higherPriority.
The problem is that the algorithm itself is wrong. It should be:
betterIdea==higherPriority
These things should be prioritized using intelligence, not voting. m.
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