[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:
> 
> 
> Hi, all!
> 
> I want to generalize FFIExternalSharedPoolPlatform to use it for both external pools (first element in generated array) and external structures (ExternalStructure class >> install).
> 
> I need a new name. :-)
> 
> - 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.

> - ...
> 
> OR: Just add SystemPlatform to "System-Support" to have a platform object for all kinds of libraries? We already have SystemVersion.
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
> 
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