On (09/24/08 07:53), James Carlson wrote: > Sowmini.Varadhan at Sun.COM writes: > > > for 'field' in (all fields in datalink.conf) > > > if 'field' not in (known field names) > > > then 'field' is a private property > > > > ? If yes, the only modification I would suggest is > > > > for 'field' in (all fields in datalink.conf) > > if 'field' not in (known field names) && 'field' starts with "_" > > then 'field' is a private property > > > > isn't that sufficient? > > I think it's more like: > > if 'field' in (known field names) > then 'field' is not a linkprop > else > if 'field' starts with "_" > then 'field' is a private property
that would match the pre-uv version of this code (which processed the file and tried to match it with known field names, as opposed the post-uv version that does the equivalent of a grep for the known property names into the dlmgmtd repository). I agree that Jim's proposal is conceptually simpler and cleaner, but not sure if the current model creates complications in implementing this? --Sowmini
