Re: orbit-io-thread ?

[Jules Colding <colding omesc com>]

On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 18:11 +0000, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 19:01 +0100, Jules Colding wrote:
> 
> > My main complaint against "orbit-io-thread" is that it is a magical
> > string. We could do all ORB options by recognizing sub strings in the
> > ORB name, but I really think than even one is a very bad precedence.
> 
>       You're missing the point Gustavo is making - this is not a "user
> option", its a "developer option".
> 
>       The spec explicitly allows for vendors to add their own "magical
> strings", so we're doing nothing wrong here. 

That is correct, we are doing nothing wrong spec-wise. It is just, IMHO,
not good taste to attach any special meaning to substrings in the ORB
name.


Best regards,
   jules