[MC] handling missing dependencies

Avi Bryant avi at beta4.com
Thu Feb 5 19:45:14 UTC 2004


On Feb 5, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Samir Saidani wrote:

> Avi Bryant <avi at beta4.com> writes:
>
>> Would a first step be to improve the error text, or to use a custom
>> dialog instead of the standard Warning notifier?  Do you have any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Right now the text is:   "This package depends on the following
>> classes:   [needed classes in Package B].   You must resolve these
>> dependencies before you will be able to load these definitions:
>> [extensions to Package B in Package A].  Select Proceed to continue,
>> or close this window to cancel the operation".
>
> The text above is ok for me... But I would like in addition to warn
> the user that if he loads the package B after package A, he has to
> reload the package A once again in order to load the package-B
> extension methods !

Or, better yet, to have that not be the case... what VW does is to keep 
the extra methods around until package B gets loaded, and loads them 
then.  In the long run MC could do the same thing.




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