From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxqa-0001yb-8f for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:29:12 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxqY-0001yW-Jc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:29:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxqY-0001yI-6j for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:29:10 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAxqY-0001yF-25 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:29:10 -0500 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85] helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAxqX-0005Qj-Oy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:29:09 -0500 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36BE3EB24 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:33:58 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:29:08 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <477D04F4.4010904@nic.fi> In-Reply-To: <477D04F4.4010904@nic.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801050229.08699.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: Transparent decompression with file system filter X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:29:10 -0000 On Thursday 03 January 2008 16:53, Vesa J=E4=E4skel=E4inen wrote: > Bean wrote: > > On Jan 3, 2008 7:19 AM, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > >> Please wait a minute. Personally, I don't want grub_file_open to > >> decompress a content automatically. The name should stand for what it > >> does. That was why I named grub_file_open and grub_gzfile_open like > >> this. This was really one of what I didn't like in GRUB Legacy. > >> > >> If you want to have a function to open any kind of compressed file, > >> please add something else (e.g. grub_compressed_file_open). > > > > ok, i keep grub_file_open as it is, and add a new function > > grub_zfile_open to handle compressed file. i also expand the list of > > commands that use auto decompression: > > For me zfile doesn't say a thing. Where as name proposed by Okuji is > clear to me instantly. Our current compilers can handle long symbol > names fine, so why not use them if they make things clearer :) ? Agreed. Okuji