Re: [Evolution-hackers] Evolution.Importer.createControl

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 14:30 -0500, JP Rosevear wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 08:15, Not Zed wrote:
> > 		void createControl (out Bonobo::Control control);
> > 
> > Shouldn't this just return the value for api consistency?
> 
> It is consistent with the shell createControls call because that creates
> multiple controls.

Ugh.

> > Passing around pointers to stuff is ugly as hell in c.
> 
> What are you passing around?

The out pointer?

> > And if we're going to change the interfaces anyway, can we ditch the
> > horribly awful to implement processItem rubbish, and just have loadFile
> > be synchronous, please?
> 
> I would be fine with this as long as there is a solution for the
> progress stuff.  I think that is the primary reason stuff is done this
> way now.

Isn't the progress stuff just handled in the importer itself?

Well it will be in the mailer anyway, whatever the rest does.