Date: Sat, 04 Jul 1998 10:58:51 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: drosih@rpi.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Variant Link implementation, continued Message-ID: <28706.899542731@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 4 Jul 1998 04:14:23 -0400" References: <v04011724b1c38fb1854d@[128.113.24.47]>
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> >> Let's say there are three namespaces (just to pick a number): > >> sys > >> session > >> process > > > > This is immediately bad, in that you want a name from the 'session' > > namespace to be able to (optionally) override a matching name from > > the 'sys' namespace. > > I don't see the problem. Which is to say, my proposal was intended > to let people do just exactly what you are asking for. > > Let's say that the "sys" namespace has a variable called "osversion". > This value is read-only to most users (except root), and is set to > the version of freebsd that the machine is actually running. > > The login process may very well copy that "osversion" value to a > variable in the "session" namespace which is also called "osversion". > Users can not change the copy of oslevel in the "sys" namespace, > but they can change the value which is in the "session" namespace. Aren't you simply reinventing VMS logical names & tables here? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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