Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:07:08 -0800 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right |
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Ingo Oeser wrote:
>On Tuesday 04 November 2003 09:13, Hans Reiser wrote: > > >>Timothy Miller wrote: >> >> >>>Nikita Danilov wrote: >>> >>> >>>>It is called "a directory". :) There is no crime in putting >>>> >>>>cc src/*.c >>>> >>>>into Makefile. I think that Hans' query-result-object denoting multiple >>>>objects is more like directory than single regular file. >>>> >>>> >>>So a file system query that results in multiple files generates a >>>"virtual directory"? >>> >>> >>Remember that this code does not exist yet.....;-) >> >>Sounds like it might be a good way to do it though. >> >> > >Yes and this also solves the "refine feedback" problem: Just return >sth. useful in the stat->nlink for that directory >or even create a new stat-like syscall. > > I don't understand what you are saying about nlink. Can you say more?
>Now the issuer can decide on ANY level, whether to refine the search or >accept the result to present it in a listing. > >A proper replacement for nlink is looong overdue. > >But even with the crappy one, we have now, it can be decided since a >list of 65K is too much for a proper selection and cannot be handled by >a user. Somebody even said that every search pattern revealing more >than 50 records is not refined enough. > > If the user is looking for only one record....
>PS: Hans, we just saved you the funding on this topic. > >Regards > >Ingo Oeser > > > > > >
-- Hans
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