"Victor J. Orlikowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My apologies for the late entry into the discussion; it is only > recently that I have been able to resolve some issues related to > this very topic.
No problem - better late than never! > Indeed, the source tree needs a complete re-org; I am certainly > willing to help, or do it myself if no one else beats me to it > (and no one objects to my stance on the issue). > > These are my thoughts on the issue: > 1) bsf_debug and jsdb need to go. The debug interface, as it > currently exists, is shameful, in performance and usefulness. > > 2) The taglib directory also needs to go. With JSP 2.0 upcoming, I > believe that BSF has a limited role, if any, in JSPs - EL does a > *much* better job in its place. The taglib in this source tree was Can you give me more info on "EL"? I am not familiar with it .. > a modification to support the aforementioned debug interface. > Hence, it needs to go. I would argue that the currently existing > BSF taglibs (in the taglibs project) need killing too, based on > the my belief that BSF and JSPs really shouldn't mix (performance > is abysmal, confusion stemming from having two separate contexts > in the form of the generated servlet and the language engine > executing script code within it, etc.) > > 3) Debug hooks need to be ripped out of the original BSF source, > and we thereby return to the code as it was in 2.2, modulo some > bugfixes. Big +1 to this! > As to what should be in the source before another release passes > us, is a means, as suggested around January, for languages to be > auto-detected at runtime, so that we do not have to incorporate > every language engine under the sun into BSF. This makes life > easier from a maintenance standpoint, as well as permitting > language authors to release their languages and engines under > their desired licenses, since we do not force them to submit the > engine into BSF under the ASF license. > > Beyond that, I think the CodeBuffer needs fleshing out, and error > reporting needs improvement - rather than a full blown debug > interface. > > A few other desired features come to mind. However, this covers > the majority of what I consider to be the direction BSF needs to > be sailing. Sounds great. If we get going on some of these I'm quite certain we will attract a vibrant community for this project. I will be happy to do what I can! Sanjiva. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
