Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
Maybye we're speaking cross purposes and I just don't understand the
thing. Assume I move a .tar.bz2 file from some where into an empty
directory. Then I use my "completely-polytype-unawayre-ls", what will I
see? And will I see something different when using the hurdish ls. If
so, what and why?
What you will see is a single file "foo.tar.bz".
But if you now choose to browse this file through a browser, the browser
may choose to bind a directory-ish view under a new name. Or not.
OK. But how does the browser bind the file? I understand how it get's
the new file object, but how does it make this file object known? It
could be realized with a translator by a new channel of indirection...
Anyway, in the above sense, is a hurdish ls a "browser"?
If you want a pretty good example of how this works from the user point
of view, look at the Windows Explorer.
Uhm. I don't use Windows my self, so what does the explorer do? As far
as I remember It just browses directories.
The graph that I was referring you to was:
PolyType
/ \
File Dir
In this graph, foo.tar.bz would be bound as a File interface (more
likely, as a BzFile interface).
I don't think it is bound more likely as a bzFile, because the standard
binding should be compatible to other OS.
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