[31500] trunk/base/src/port

[Boey Maun Suang]

Hi Randall and James,

>> Looking at the MacPorts API, I just don't see where the port API  
>> comes into play. I guess I'm just confused.
>
>
> I don't blame you for being confused. I'm confused every time I  
> look at that code. It's a ball of worms. The more I know about it  
> the more I want to rewrite it ;) But time, alas, intervenes.

That makes me feel a lot better; I thought I was just too dim-witted  
to understand it.  Perhaps, as a first step towards rewriting the  
source, those who understand some of it can start documenting it?  No  
need to do it all at once; one function at a time would do,  
explaining what it's supposed to do, how it goes about it and where  
it fits in the scheme of things.  That way it'll make it more likely  
that someone will turn up with time to attempt a rewrite without  
being intimidated out of the idea.  Anders has put a port of tcldoc  
into the tree, so that should be a useful format to start with.

Kind regards,


Maun Suang

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