Re: Perils of Config Files (was DogCows or Polymorphism in the Hurd)

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 18:03 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 11:37:45AM -0500, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> > Second: it is clear that an FS search can be implemented stupidly. This
> > is a reason to fix the search engine, but it is not a reason to pervert
> > the model of name binding.
> > 
> > In my oinion, an object is an object is an object. A directory should be
> > no less an object than a file is.
> 
> I can see the beauty in such a design.  However, the way I am used to thinking
> about large amounts of data is in trees.  If this theoretically nice design
> cannot handle that well (for example because there is no "good" way to map the
> thing), then that is a serious problem IMO.

Then arrange your data in trees. I see no problem. I see only a bug in
'find' that needs to be fixed.

By the way, the find bug needs to be fixed in any case. Consider
loop-back mounts.


shap