I hate these replay to all things I agree with everything he said.
On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 21:20, Doug Melvin wrote: > > Let's hear the views of the other developers: > > > > 1) Should we implement a common-base file system for > > dynlayers? > > Yes. > > > > 2) Do you think it will be easier to maintain a > > common-base dynlayer file? > > Yes. > > Clarification. While having to export a function once you have a browser > specific fix is a hassle.. > It's an even bigger hassle to have to update code in four seperate files for > one fix. > > If code is common.. it should be common. Then a simple fix can be done once, > and in one place. > If a browser specific fix does happen, then you can worry about exporting > the functions. > > An idea: instead of having to expore the function to each dynlayer_XXX > file.. > Is there some way we can 'notify' the main file that a certain function > should _NOT_ be inited > if it exists in a dynlayer_XXX file for the given browser/platform? > > Or better, simply overwrite the function in the specific case > IE: > > (fictional case) > > Given we have a function setBlarg() > Given that this function is common for all browsers except for NS 4.x > The common code would be loaded first > then when the DynLayer_NS4x.js is loaded, it would overwrite > the function setBlarg() with the NS specific code. > if any other filre (ie; DynLayer_IE5x.js) is loaded > the function setBlarg() would stand as declared as the file DynLAyer_IE5X.js > would not overwrite it.. > > SO: > case 1 NS4.71 on Windows: > load DynLayer_Common.js: setBlarg() is defined > then > Load DynLayer_NS4.js: setBlarg() is overwritten > > > case 2 IE 5.55 on Windows: > load DynLayer_Common.js: setBlarg() is defined > then > Load DynLayer_IeE5X.js: setBlarg() is not overwritten as the is no > defination in this file > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- Dan Willemsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
