[M3commit] CVS Update: cm3

[Tony Hosking]

The C stuff is not intended to expose a full C API to Modula-3  
programmers.  It is there mostly for bridging to C-based libraries,  
particularly platform-specific functionality for platforms that are  
implemented in C.  Some of that bridging is done in the OS-specific  
unix subdirectories and some in the C subdirectories.  Choosing where  
to put that bridge code is a matter of style I guess, but it should  
probably be a matter of consensus among the developers of CM3.

So, do folks out there have any opinions on how to best structure  
these bridging portions of m3core? I would argue for the minimum  
needed to support core M3 functionality.  Jay seems to want to throw  
everything including the kitchen sink into the core libraries.  I  
would argue that doing so makes the job of maintaining and porting  
Modula-3 a little more onerous.

On Feb 12, 2008, at 1:56 PM, Jay Krell wrote:

> CVSROOT:	/usr/cvs
> Changes by:	jkrell at birch.	08/02/12 13:56:50
>
> Added files:
> 	cm3/m3-libs/m3core/src/unix/NT386/: Unix.i3 Uuio.i3
>
> Log message:
> 	a fair amount of "unix i/o" is directly provided by msvcr*.dll and
> 	should perhaps be exposed /somewhere/. Here is a start, of sorts.