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Re: Backwards Compatibility (Was Calling all Meta-commands)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 16 Mar 2003 03:41:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin Clague writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky writes:
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > <snip>
> > > > If we want to encourage other programmers to volunteer and write programs
> > > > for the LDraw system, what exists now needs to be clearly documented.
> > >
> > > I think we need to put a lock on the creation of any new commands until we
> > > can properly document the existing commands. This will prevent the overlap
> > > of functionality.
> >
> > I agree.
>
> I don't see how a lock is practical. We don't even have an official
> standards body yet. I don't know how you would enforce it any way.
Right. Sorry -- my support of that was on a quick response, brain fart I
suppose.
> My goal in making the call was to document what is there, so that people:
> a) don't produce name space collisions
> b) don't reinvent the wheel
> c) have examples of ways to create meta-commands
> d) gain some philosophies for knowing how to create new meta-commands in the
> future.
> e) motivate people to look to the list and the community for guidance when
> creating new meta-commands.
Good goals we should all focus on.
> I've been truding through the list of search matches in CAD for
> meta-command, and it has been very interesting reading. We've already had
> the creation of new meta-commands that are now depricated (e.g. BFC). We've
> also had at least one LDraw file format super-set created with ldlite.
> We've also had some proposals for the successors to the LDraw file format
> (they seem to have died though.) This "call for meta-commands" is also not
> the first attempt at a comprehensive list of meta-commands.
Yup, not the first time. I do think we should work through this, stay on
task, and get it right this time though.
-Tim
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