guido@boring.UUCP (11/01/85)
The discussion on the format of FOBJ resources in the DeskTop was really interesting. However I think that Apple has a good reason why it does not reveal anything about this in I.M. or elsewhere. Things like this are considered to be internal to the Finder (unlike the details of the file system, which is desribed in terms of ToolBox calls). The Finder has to change when the tree-like file system is introduced, and then all applications that depend on creation of folders etc. will stop working (or crash the system, or destroy disks). It may be fun to play with these things, but I would not want to buy an application or Desk Accessory that relies on them. The storage of the GetInfo text is another of those undocumented points. It was hashed out completely in net.micro.mac a while ago, and it turns out to be a terrible hack where a resource id is computed as a hash function of the file name, with no provisions for collisions! Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam (guido@mcvax.UUCP) PS I did like the rest of the Delphi digests. Keep them coming! PPS Could we stop the discussion about Apple vs. DRI?