> >Using this as an argument against plug-ins is a bit strange. I suppose >somebody could go overboard and use plug-ins to implement a subKernel. >Would this then imply that plug-ins are wrong? > Ok, I've read some other threads too and so this claim should be adjusted: Writing a plugin (not necessarily r4 specific) that changes the semantics of objects based on context (i.e. turning a file into a dir) is a bad idea IMHO. Actually, BSD has this double-semantic to a limited degree: you can call `/usr/bin/vi /usr/bin` and get some binary representation of readdir. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
