> From: Jeff Trawick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:06 PM
> Sander Striker wrote: > >> It's about giving the user (an app developer) a tool you may not wish to >> hand him. This either forces him to write platform independend code, or, >> makes him need to go to the ugly process of writing platform tests himself. > > I see an implication that if APR doesn't give the user a tool s/he will > be forced/encouraged/challenged to write platform independent code, and > that otherwise it would be a mess. > > Is my understanding of your point accurate? IOW, do you believe that > for APR to provide a cleaner representation of such platform-specific > details will cause APR applications to be messier? Yes, that is a fair understanding. I like your 'encouraged' better than my 'forced', because it matches my thoughts. If people really need to know what platform they are compiling on, while using APR, I think we haven't accomplished our goals with APR. Feature checks are one thing, platform checks are another. IMHO, ofcourse. Sander
