[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #5520: IsWritable / IsReadable methods do not currently check Write/Read mode bits.
- From: "ver" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:12:28 -0000
#5520: IsWritable / IsReadable methods do not currently check Write/Read mode
bits.
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Reporter: ver | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Kits/Storage Kit | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: invalid | Keywords: IsWritable IsReadable BFile
Blockedby: | Platform: All
Blocking: 5521 |
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Changes (by ver):
* blocking: => 5521
Comment:
Replying to [comment:3 axeld]:
> These changes make no sense - if a file is not writable for you, you
cannot open it read/write anyway, hence the additional check is
superfluous.
Why would you set a file mode to r-x if you never check the w? What is
the point of IsWritable() otherwise? To tell me I passed THIS flag when I
called my BFile constructor? :/
> Furthermore, we cannot change original Be API, since we aim for binary
compatibility (ie. if we would actually change such a method, we'd need to
use symbol versioning in order to make it still work as expected for
legacy applications).
Meh, alright, I wasn't aware it would break binary compatibility. So,
would the solution be to effectively move this check directly into
StyledEdit code, in that case?
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5520#comment:4>
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