On 06/12/12 13:50, Vincent Torri wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Christopher Michael
> <cp.mich...@samsung.com> wrote:
>> On 06/12/12 13:40, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Christopher Michael
>>> <cp.mich...@samsung.com> wrote:
>>>> On 06/12/12 13:25, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> ecore_file itself should go.
>>>>>
>>>>> path manipulation (exists, dirname...) should go in eina, other bits
>>>>> should go in eio.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why split file/path functions (exists, dirname, etc) to eina ? If Eio is to
>>>> be the library for file functions, then why break only "some" of them out
>>>> into eina ?
>>>
>>> two reasons:
>>>    1 - they are very, very simple. mostly wrappers around system versions
>>
>> Well, I think the complexity of the functions is irrelevant as a reason
>> really.
>>
>> Do we typically use, "Well this graphical function is incredibly complex
>> so it should be broken out from evas and stuck into a different library"
>> as a basis for development ? Or the converse .. "Well this graphical
>> function is incredibly simple so it doesn't belong in evas". I don't
>> think we do development that ;)
>>
>> .... IMO, I don't see function complexity as a valid reason here.
>>
>>>    2 - many modules uses that, like eina itself, ecore and evas. to do
>>> path finding, etc.
>>>
>>
>> Ok ...then why can't those libraries use eio ??
>
> if i'm not mistaken, eio uses ecore, so could be a problem for a use in evas
>
> Vincent

Ahhhhhh. If that is the case, then it makes sense.

Thanks for clarifying ;)

As an aside...what is eio using ecore For ??

dh



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