Re: 2.2 and 2.4 features?

[mawarkus t-online de (Matthias Warkus)]

+++ Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 10:34:19AM -0400 +++
Alexander Larsson e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> > > Pango is already the abstraction layer, there's no need to put another
> > > one on top.
> > 
> > Our accessibility implementation also depends on pango to a considerable
> > degree.
> 
> We could then have an abstraction layer over the accessibility layer if 
> you want to us a different one.
> 
> And then an abstraction layer over the whole toolkit, in case someone 
> wants to use another toolkit.

Well, the peculiar thing with abstraction layers is, that, when you
stack enough layers on top of each other, you get to a point where it
doesn't make sense to add more.

If infinite abstraction made sense, we should have exactly one API
consisting of a single function:

void gnome_do_what_i_mean(void);

...and the implementation would be up to a plugin.


SCNR,

mawa
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