From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: using of XATTRs instead of pseudo files for accessing
 reiser4	=?us-ascii?q?file?= attributes.
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 18:41:45 -0400 EDT
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Chris Mason wrote on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:46:26 -0400:
> xattrs are the current linux api, you'll make it much easier for people
> to use reiser4 by supporting it (in addition to whatever new and cool
> API you develop).

One of the big points is to cut down on the number of APIs and gain
in saved effort.  Listing attributes?  Just use good old ReadDir().
With a common name space, you can use grep and other well developed
tools to deal with attributes.  And so on.

- Alex