Re: Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Tomas, > One more question;-) If I have an assoc list, what is the best way to > store it in the picolisp database? Using +Any or +String (and > converting it manually)? I would definitely not use +String, to avoid the trouble and cost of conversions. If it is just a list of cons pairs where

Re: Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Alex, > For this there is another mechanism in '_htSet': If the name does not > start with '*', the corresponding value is stored in the 'http' property > of that symbol. This will avoid conflicts with existing symbols. I'll have a look at that, thanks. > Storing these symbols in '*Allow' is

Re: Optimized network router

2008-11-20 Thread Randall Dow
Hi Alex, > There is already something rudimentary (and which I don't really > understand), and that is that 'avahi' daemon (we talked about that some > time ago). Don't know how far it goes, but it looks like it runs before > any user is logged in. avahi is a system for finding out what services a

Re: Optimized network router

2008-11-20 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Randall, > mature networking component, I see the real need for an optimized > network router. The user level network manager doesn't start until > before a user logs in. Yes, indeed. There is already something rudimentary (and which I don't really understand), and that is that 'avahi' daemon

Re: Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Tomas, > > Another possibility is to use a separate set of reserved variables, > > and build the association list from their values. > > what do you mean? Well, no special idea ... It could be anything, just to build up an association list. But this is obsolete, as I now understand what the r

Re: Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Alex, > Another possibility is to use a separate set of reserved variables, > and build the association list from their values. what do you mean? > Why do you not want these variables be assigned? Using such global > variables is the simplest and most efficient solution in most cases. I > do

Optimized network router

2008-11-20 Thread Randall Dow
Hi Alex, Now that I have Xubuntu working properly, and 8.10 supports UMTS as a mature networking component, I see the real need for an optimized network router. The user level network manager doesn't start until after the user has logged in. That is generally late on a PC - it gives multiple users

Re: Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Tomas, > if I use 'allowed' in my web application, PicoLisp will assign > variables from QUERY_STRING (if called via GET HTTP method) or the > message body (if POST used). To be precise: This is independent of 'allowed' and '*Allow' (these just inhibit illegal access to the server). > What i

Http query variables

2008-11-20 Thread Tomas Hlavaty
Hi Alex, if I use 'allowed' in my web application, PicoLisp will assign variables from QUERY_STRING (if called via GET HTTP method) or the message body (if POST used). What if I do not want the variables to be assigned and just want to get an assoc list of these keys/values instead? Also, is it