Hi all
This looks like quite an interesting project! But, I have a few questions:
o How does the APR compare to the NSPR in terms of functionality? I remember reading that the NSPR had functions the APR team deemed unnecessary? Which functions were those?
NSPR and APR definitely have similarities. But there are some slight differences (for example thread pools in NSPR). But which one is better? There is not one REALLY better in terms of functionality since each has their strengths. For example in APR you have pool based resource management. This is a boon for any programmer.
Ok I may be biased but I prefer APR. I have used both extensively and find that APR is just simpler to use and more productive. For Apache http://www.devspace.com/Technology/ApacheStuff.html and for NSPR http://www.devspace.com/Technology/MozillaStuff.html. Part of the problem with NSPR is that its build process is too darn complicated and integrating NSPR is not much fun. Another problem with NSPR is that a few times I have had conflicts with naming of NSPR data types. This has never occured with APR.
o Is there some more documentation somewhere on what the various utilities in APR-UTIL are/do?
I named some references above.
Christian Gross
