[squeak-dev] FFI | FFIExternalSharedPoolPlatform -> ExternalPlatform or FFIPlatform or ... ?
Eliot Miranda
eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Tue May 26 17:15:57 UTC 2020
> On May 26, 2020, at 6:54 AM, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
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> Hi, all!
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> I want to generalize FFIExternalSharedPoolPlatform to use it for both external pools (first element in generated array) and external structures (ExternalStructure class >> install).
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> I need a new name. :-)
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> - ExternalPlatform ... too close to SmalltalkImage >> #platform* ?
> - FFIPlatform ... reads FFI-specific, which could be good enough for now
Since it is more descriptive of the interface than the interface it self, I suggest FFIPlatformDescription or similar
I really like the idea of generalizing to include structure description.
> - ...
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> OR: Just add SystemPlatform to "System-Support" to have a platform object for all kinds of libraries? We already have SystemVersion.
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> Best,
> Marcel
>
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