To put the problem in entirely file system terminology, What happens to a
folder with shortcuts into it when you move the folder? How does one
automatically repoint the shortcuts? Has this problem been solved in
computer science? On linux, the shortcuts would be symbolic links.
I had a dream
Isn't the obvious answer to use indirect addressing via a directory?
John Carlson wrote:
To put the problem in entirely file system terminology, What happens
to a folder with shortcuts into it when you move the folder? How
does one automatically repoint the shortcuts? Has this problem been
Not obvious to me. Are you saying a folder of shortcuts? A shortcut to a
folder? A shortcut to a shortcut to a folder? Instead of using indirect
addressing, can you put it in terms of folders and shortcuts, or do we need
a third type of object? And how does this apply to a general graph
One thing that comes to mind are copying garbage collectors which need to
keep track of references while moving objects around. Probably looking into
how that is solved will provide some insight.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, John Carlson yottz...@gmail.com wrote:
Not obvious to me. Are you
That sounds like a good idea. I like it because it operates on more than
one dataset. However, we'll need to track paths as well as just
references. This is already done for circular references in garbage
collectors, so it might be just the ticket.
What I am wondering is if this sort of thing
This Mac OSX feature sounds exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!
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Next: what if the file system operation is a copy paste cut - old
operation? Sounds like we may be back to copying garbage collectors.
On Oct 5, 2014 6:00 PM, John Carlson yottz...@gmail.com wrote:
This Mac OSX feature sounds exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!
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