[REBOL] Re: CPAN for REBOL
From: andrew:wxc at: 4-Mar-2001 20:48
> What if there were an object! or function:
>
> cache/do http://www.mysite.com/~bobr/reboltools/hammer.r
>
> that would check against a local version and do that one first and only
check the net for something newer, say once a week?
> The function would have to be able to distinguish hammer.r as different
from ~jeff/somesubdir/hammer.r without requiring lots of subdirs on the
local machine. Perhaps a hash of the path is used.
Probably best to write the cache like this:
Cache/Contents: [
"www" [
"mysite" [
"com" [
"~bobr" [
"reboltools" [
%hammer.r [
; Script contained for
http://www.mysite.com/~bobr/reboltools/hammer.r
]
]
]
"~jeff" [
"somesubdir" [
%hammer.r [
; Script for ~jeff/somesubdir/hammer.r
]
]
]
]
]
]
"members" [
"nbci" [
"com" [
"AndrewMartin" [
"Rebol" [
"Scripts" [
%Index.r [
; The contents of %Index.r. Note: don't look
for this, yet...
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
That way, if the remote file changes behaviour or requires additional files,
it's really easy to adjust the cache to reflect the changes. The cache then
saved to disk as a block in one file and easily loaded again, plus it's
readable by humans in case of problems.
Opinions? Comments? Suggestions?
Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/
