From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Briggs Subject: Re: File as a directory - VFS Changes Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:03:25 -0600 Message-ID: <1117652606.28827.7.camel@localhost> References: <17050.62052.318426.711322@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <75229416615-BeMail@cr593174-a> <17052.12223.708707.757538@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <429C7D0A.6040200@namesys.com> <200505311630.j4VGUeIt007432@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <1117558515.13252.21.camel@localhost> <429C97F9.8000009@namesys.com> <1117559594.13252.26.camel@localhost> <429CAC86.3080308@namesys.com> <1117573285.13252.63.camel@localhost> <1117573714.13252.69.camel@localhost> <17052.59096.785042.935234@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1117580508.25017.21.camel@localhost> <17053.36948.892227.432434@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <17053.37172.885941.857716@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1117634812.26560.33.camel@titania.zlynx.org> <17053.51551.825703.450388@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1117640452.12866.9.camel@localhost> <17053.61465.359382.791640@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qQo/P/PYH3hWdQOXc4rz" Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <17053.61465.359382.791640@gargle.gargle.HOWL> List-Id: To: Nikita Danilov Cc: Hans Reiser , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, "Alexander G. M. Smith" , leocomerford@gmail.com, reiserfs-list@namesys.com, ninja@slaphack.com, Nate Diller --=-qQo/P/PYH3hWdQOXc4rz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 21:27 +0400, Nikita Danilov wrote: [snip] > Frankly speaking, I suspect that name-as-attribute is going to limit > usability of file system significantly. >=20 > Note, that in the "real world", only names from quite limited class are > attributes of objects, viz. /proper names/ like "France", or "Jonathan > Briggs". Communication wouldn't get any far if only proper names were > allowed. >=20 > Nikita. Bringing up /proper names/ from the real world agrees with my idea though! :-) As a person, you have a list of "proper names" that you answer to and that you prefer. However, in some cases you will also answer to "Hey, you over there!" or "Someone who left a white Honda in the parking lot, please turn your lights off." So a file could have a list of proper names, but it can also be referred to in any other way and by any other name. Proper names would be preferred, though. --=20 Jonathan Briggs eSoft, Inc. --=-qQo/P/PYH3hWdQOXc4rz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCngZ9G8fHaOLTWwgRAvsHAKCb+YilpZicQ/xXVwZpmg7ctGXv4wCfUl4r u733GcNPzbSHlgEQVpmciho= =nPcb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qQo/P/PYH3hWdQOXc4rz--