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Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines
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Behdad Esfahbod |
Subject: |
Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines |
Date: |
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:43:59 -0500 |
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 02:29 -0300, address@hidden wrote:
> > From: Behdad Esfahbod <address@hidden>
> > On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 20:35 -0300, address@hidden wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what an 'object' and a 'context' mean in this case.
> > > Someone helps me :-)
> >
> > Object is pretty much any (preferably opaque) struct. Context is a
> > brown bag you throw everything into that otherwise would be a global
> > variable... to put simply.
>
> Sure, I see, but I was refering to the particular case of the GNU PDF library.
>
> For example:
> - Could an object be a PDF object in our case ? Or we should choose
> a higher abstraction ?
Sure, PDF objects are definitely objects you want to refer to in code.
> - What about contexts in our case ?
A parsing context may make sense, but then again, I'm not familiar with
the design of GNUPdf.
> Could those be
> associated to a page, or a document, or a PDF object ?
Those all look like objects to me.
> We should state the scope of our abstractions, don't you think ?
>
> Or maybe the team has already defined that for GNU PDF and
> I'm an important fool for not doing my homework.
> If that's not the case, let's debate :-)
Well, I'm pretty new to this too.
> -gerel
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- [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, gerel, 2007/12/15
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- Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, Behdad Esfahbod, 2007/12/16
- Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, gerel, 2007/12/17
- Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, jemarch, 2007/12/17
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- Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, Behdad Esfahbod, 2007/12/17
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- Re: [pdf-devel] Error module: first lines, jemarch, 2007/12/19