On Friday, July 25, 2008, at 03:33PM, "Kyle Sluder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Adam R. Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't think this is an abuse of bundles, even though it's may not be that >> common anymore. If you look at >> http://www.stone.com/The_Cocoa_Files/Thanks_A_Bundle_.html or the source for >> CVL [1], I think you'll find bundles used in this way. > >Note though that the article you reference is about developing an >add-in for optional functionality, which is also what CVL uses bundles >for. A lot of applications do this, especially ones like the Adobe >CS3 suite. But that's often because the functionality they're >bundling exists on the same side of the architectural divide as >third-party plugins.
A main point of Stone's article is that you can decrease launch times and avoid bloating your main code base by using loadable bundles (at least, that's how I read the intro and conclusions). I admit that I may have misremembered CVL's source, but I believe the CVL inspector panels that are implemented as plugins are not really ``optional functionality'' in the way that 3rd party plugins are: they're shipped with it as an integral part. I do think it's a waste of time to force-fit bundles into a design, but the OP can figure out if that's the case. >>>I *still* can't find mention of >>>@executable_path in the official documentation, despite its >>>criticality for certain functionality. >> >> Really? >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Adeveloper.apple.com+%40executable_path&btnG=Search >> turns up a number of relevant things, as does a full-text search of "All >> Doc Sets" in Xcode. "Dynamic Library Design Guidelines" covers both of >> these (or at least it mentions them :). > >As of a few months ago, there was only one mention of @executable_path >in the docs, and none prior to that. Quite possible, but even that's not what you wrote earlier. -- Adam _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
