Just to say at this stage that I find this whole effort most welcome.
Of course, despite Ken's caveats, we must all be itching to suggest
additions to the library (file handling, tables and printing would be
on my list). I can see that the group has to think very carefully
about which direction to go in: in fact it probably already has a
policy about being generally useful and not esoteric as Ken says. One
issue is whether to allow code that makes up for perceived
deficiencies in Rev's functionality or implementation (to me, the
table object is the obvious example here). Where would the best place
be to discuss this kind of thing?
Anyway, renewed congratulation on the announcement.
Graham
On Thu, 10 May 2007 16:31:26 -0500, Ken Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hello everyone!
This message is to announce that the RevInterop group
(http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/revInterop/) have been working
on a
"Standard Library" for Revolution and a beta version of the library is
now available. This library, called "stdLib.rev" contains a variety of
useful functions
and commands that the initial working group felt
were very useful for anyone programming in Revolution. However the
main
issue is not the actual code, but whether the first pass at the
library
has a good "core" set of handlers and functions for developers to use.
The full list of functions/commands, along with a place for providing
your feedback is at the following Wiki page on the Sons of Thunder web
site:
http://www.sonsothunder.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.RevolutionStdLib
If you are interested in reviewing the handlers in this library,
please
go to the Wiki and add your comments. Just a note of caution, though:
I'm sure many of you will see what you might
consider "glaring omissions" or are wondering just why certain
handlers
were included. Please keep in mind that (a) this is a first public
pass
at the library, and (b) we don't want to load the library up with a
lot
of useful, although esoteric, handlers. Of course, that is up to this
group to work through, so please provide whatever feedback you feel is
appropriate.
The end result of this effort will (hopefully) be a common library of
handlers that
both experienced developers and newcomers can start to use in their
development efforts; it may also help RunRev answer the question about
why there isn't a standard library for Revolution like there is in
other
languages... :-)
[...]
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Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK and France
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