On 12-01-23 6:23 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > Daniel / others, > > Would there be any objection to me upgrading the MITAB > library to exclusively using the VSI*L calls instead of the > plain VSI calls for the various file io operations in MITAB? > This would allow mapinfo access through hooked IO (ie. > from .zip files, etc). I have an apparently working example > of this and I am looking to upstream these changes (with > some care). I'll do the work of course - I just want to know if > there is some particular reason I should avoid this. >
No objection, but are the VSI calls not hook-able already? I thought the only difference between VSI and VSI*L calls was support for large file access. BTW, since MITAB does lots of random access (seeks) in the files, it is likely to be very inefficient if working from a large ZIP file. Have you tested that? -- Daniel Morissette http://www.mapgears.com/ Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitab/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitab/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
