Re (2): [Oberon] Win32 Plugin Oberon, status report II

[Edgar at EdgarSchwarz.de]

> John Drake <jmdrake_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Felix Friedrich <friedrich at gsf.de> wrote:
> > I am currently working at the core of the new
> > PluginOberon, parts are 
> > AosIO, Filesystems etc., so I think when this is
> > done, porting WebDAV 
> > shouldn't make any problems (hopefully).
> > I would have expected, that AosIO works with
> > NativeOberon also, since it 
> > doesn't contain any active Object keywords (like
> > AWAIT, EXCLUSIVE etc.)
> > What kind of problems occured when you tried to
> > assign the Sender variable ?
> > 
> > Cheers, Felix.
> 
> AosIO does include the active oberon specific
> keyword "DELEGATE".  It's easy to miss this 
> because it has (apparently) nothing to do with
> multitasking.  Instead it's used to allow
> assigning of procedure variables to methods.
> Specifically:
> 
> TYPE
>   Sender* = PROCEDURE {DELEGATE} (VAR buf......)
I feel that delegates make sense (For more on delegates have a look at C#).
But for the purpose of the WebDAV client for Native it should be possible
to do the sending and reveiving to the TCP/IP connection without this
AosIO feature.
BTW my first problem came with you AosFS. It seems like PluginOberon.Files
and Native.Files have some differences.
If you are interested I could give you some details.
But so be it. I still think that a Native client would be worth some work.
OTOH I expect it to be easier with an upcoming new PluginOberon release.

Cheers, Edgar

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