[Ns-developers] Different Approaches to Default Values (wasRe: Default Values)

[Mathieu Lacage]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 17:38 -0800, craigdo at ee.washington.edu wrote:

> > I sense the start of a convergence here. (fingers crossed)
> 
> (was that a plus sign or a sign of the cross? :-)

It was a plus.

> 
> I see the parameters work as it relates to typeinfo as integral to a simple
> "local namespace" mechanism reusing the tracing namespace.  I can also see
> how you could use parameters to get configuration information into refined
> framework/factory methods in a reasonable way.  The thing that causes the
> hairs to stand up on my neck is plumbing the Parameter structures all
> through the system to get them down to the lower levels and ensuring they
> are consistent, not overwritten unexpectedly, etc., then parsing and using
> them in a generic way.

I have to confess that I do not really understand these generic
problems. Maybe you could outline briefly in a concrete way the kind of
problems you envision.

> I suppose it couldn't hurt to have two different kinds of tools available
> here, although one of the big complaints I hear about Windows interfaces is
> there are many ways to do pretty much anything in the system and that can
> get confusing and irritating.

I certainly agree that it would be nice to keep a single way to do a
single thing. However, if the purpose is to get two different pieces of
functionality, then, I would not mind very much having two different
ways to get it.

regards,
Mathieu