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Re: fast firmware downloader
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:24:19 GMT
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Dave Baum wrote:
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> In article <000001bf232a$bf046c80$0500000a@pro150>, "Ralph Hempel"
> <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote:
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> > What do you think Dave? There are not too many filenames that are too
> > long. Do you think we could chop the long ones so things work on any
> > platform?
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> Sorry, but I'm going to be stubborn on this one. I abhor short (often
> cryptic) filenames. In the NQC source tree, almost every class is in its
> own file, which is of course named after the class. So in a sense,
> truncating the filenames is more than just renaming files - it also either
> requires classnames to be changed, or it breaks the class/filename
> convention. I'm not happy with either alternative.
I agree with your reasoning. The compiler I have decided to use (Watcom C/C++
v.11
from Powersoft) will compile from the platform I am developing on (NT 4) to the
desired executing platform (DOS) and will use long file names just fine. Other
compilers have the same ability. I see no reason to alter the filenames when
there is no need and in doing so you lose a bit of the code's readability.
> Is there seriously the need to be able to build NQC on an 8.3 system? I'm
> not talking about running the executable - but actually performing the
> build. If so, how well do those compilers handle long filenames in
> #includes? Do they just look for the truncated name? If so, things may
> work fine as is - offhand I don't think there are any collisions when
> truncating to 8.3. Anyone tried this?
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> Dave
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> --
> reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com
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| (...) Great! I was using Borland C++ 3.0 because I happened to have the diskettes around. Remember when a C++ compiler fit on 5 (five) 3.5 diskettes? I have no problem with keeping the existing filename structure. It's readable, it serves the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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| (...) Sorry, but I'm going to be stubborn on this one. I abhor short (often cryptic) filenames. In the NQC source tree, almost every class is in its own file, which is of course named after the class. So in a sense, truncating the filenames is more (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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