Re: SISC in applets

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:12:44PM -0700, Turadg Aleahmad wrote:
> 
> No, nor would they necessarily be in an applet.  It's an extra feature 
> that no one is obligated to utilize, and thus it is still "up to the 
> programmer".
> 
> It's not so much an issue of how SISC works as the build system. And the 
> build system already *does* create the heap and name it "sisc.shp".  
> Sticking it in a JAR too is useful and something appropriate for a build 
> script to do, optionally mind you.  And if it's in a JAR, it's going to 
> be "available as a resource".  And given that, it's useful for it to 
> have a reliable location, eg. "under sisc/boot".
> 
> None of the additions I've made or suggested require changing any 
> existing or future code.  They're just extra features.  I would put them 
> in contrib/ but I think that would be too hairy and I don't see that 
> they interfere with anything in the SISC main tree.
> 
> Yes/no?

I still like the idea.  It only complicates the source tree, and not in 
a painful way.  The benefit, to people embedding SISC, is pretty high, 
as it lets them avoid having to figure out how to handle the heap.

	Scott

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