Re: more moniker questions

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

Michael Meeks <michael helixcode com> writes:

> Hi Dietmar,
> 
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
> > I wonder how monikers for archive/storage files should work? OK, there
> > is the untar moniker:
> >
> > file:/tmp/test.tar#untar
> >
> > But why cant I request the storage interface directly from the file 
> > moniker?
> 
>         Because a more explicit, layered approach reduces individual
> moniker complexity and improves extensibility and genericicity.

I think there's also the problem that having `file:/tmp/test.tar' already
return the tar component makes it impossible to get the tar file as-is as
a stream.

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