This makes sense. I also wanted to confirm that it was really not there rather than overlooked.
--- Eric Iverson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The short answer is: if it can be done in C it can be done in J. Only > minimum mechanism of jmf support is implemented in the JE and the rest is > done with a few foreigns and cd host API calls. > > Your ideas sound good and we'd be happy to include user contributed jmf > improvements that are backed by: justification, documentation, examples, > cross platform, and lab steps. I doubt that we can internally justify extra > effort in this area at this time. > > In particular I think extensions to allow mapping part of a file and > allowing multiple mappings to different parts of a file are feasible, > useful, not too difficult. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oleg Kobchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Beta forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:20 AM > Subject: [Jbeta] Mapped Files features > > > > The jmf basic functionality is great, > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Studio/Mapped_Files > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/AndrewNikitin/HexView > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Addons/media/wav > > however there are few questions > > > > (dyadic map: to J list, monadic map: to any J noun). > > > > - Is jmf able to map list to a part of a file? > > Use case: file is binary data, and we need > > a particular address range of particular type > > > > - Can J noun be mapped to a component of a J component > > file? Or maybe a new J component file type where > > J noun headers are stored in the file header, etc. > > Use case: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DB/Flwor > > locale/nouns database stored in one component file > > > > - Smarter (re)allocation of mapped file (or component) > > size that is deduced from data type/shape rather > > than guessed and provided explicitly. > > > > - Support for (semi-)automated mapped file growth > > when appending items to mapped J list. > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
