Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262181AbUK3QhM (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:37:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262173AbUK3QfE (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:35:04 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:3307 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262170AbUK3Qd1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:33:27 -0500 Message-Id: <200411301631.iAUGVT8h007823@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Peter Foldiak cc: Horst von Brand , Christian Mayrhuber , reiserfs-list@namesys.com, Hans Reiser , Paolo Ciarrocchi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: file as a directory In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Foldiak of "30 Nov 2004 15:29:40 -0000." <1101828580.17826.165.camel@pear.st-and.ac.uk> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:31:29 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1434 Lines: 31 Peter Foldiak said: > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 14:51, Horst von Brand wrote: > > > I was suggesting this idea mainly form XML files, where the tags define > > > the parts clearly. > > Use a XML parsing library then. > But namespace unification is important, Why? Directories are directories, files are files, file contents is file contents. Mixing them up is a bad idea. Sure, you could build a filesystem of sorts (perhaps more in the vein of persistent programming, or even data base systems) where there simply is no distinction (because there are no differences to show), but that is something different. > and to unify the namespace, you > have to use the same syntax. I guess you disagree with me on that. (If > not, how would you do it?) I'd go one level up: Eliminate the distinctions that bother you, not try to patch over them. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/