>>> Thanks for the confirmation. >>> >>> Did I read somewhere that XTreams would be included in Pharo2.0? >> >> May be >> Now just loading them and not improving the system to be able to throw away >> the old streams is not satisfactory >> and we do not have the manpower for it. > > I think it is the same story as with the FileSystem... > They will have to exist for some time in parallel, which will work fine > since they don't share the same protocols. > > Then we have to do a major move towards a small legacy layer, again like > in FS, and then start to rewrite things step by step to the new Xtreams.
yes > The current streams are so horribly broken that I think there is little to > no chance to fix it from within. Maybe wrappers like Sven did will temporarily > work around the issues, but they are poor solution compared to Xtreams. I agree > I remember Sean loaded and made Xtreams work in 2.0 and the couple of test > failing were related to the FS changes from 14 to 20. > > And yes we might sweat some blood until the thing will properly run, but it > will be worthwhile. Remember how much cleaner we are with the new FS. And I > think the streams are even worse than the old FileDirectory was :) Yes I totally agree. But I want to do it well :) Stef
