From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JASNl-0000da-2J for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:53:21 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JASNj-0000dI-8I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:53:19 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JASNg-0000d3-R8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:53:18 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JASNg-0000d0-J5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:53:16 -0500 Received: from pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.154]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JASNg-0000iy-1W for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:53:16 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (88.193.32.97) by pne-smtpout4-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.3.129) id 471A7B0C003D7B5A for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:52:02 +0100 Message-ID: <477D04F4.4010904@nic.fi> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:53:24 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Vesa_J=E4=E4skel=E4inen?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200801030019.24885.okuji@enbug.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:53:19 -0000 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 :) ?