On 6/30/06, Mohammed Sameer <msameer foolab org> wrote:
[snip] On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 02:05:12PM -0500, Bob Caryl wrote: > Hello all, > > and because I have a phobia about my executables being > dependent on "load files" I always thought taht keeping such files "outside" the binary is better. I'm not trying to say that my approach is better than your approach. I'm just trying to understand the reasons behind your point of view of possible!
It depends on your definition of 'better' :) Having it outside of the executable is better in the sense that you can just update a text file to change the UI and not have to recompile the binary. But having it compiled into the executable is better in the sense that it will never fail to find the UI definition because of a permission problem or disk read error, or something like that. So you just have to choose which one you value more. -- jonner