Re: GSEncodingName

[David Wetzel]

Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:


> I didn't realise this was used outside the base library.
> 
> I've no strong objection to putting it back, but I do want to  
> minimise/remove non-standard APIs (just declaring them private is not  
> good enough).
> 
> Would it really be a great hardship to just use the numeric values of  
> the string encodings?
> I don't know the current state of GDL2 ... I guess if you dislike  
> using a number there is no gui tool for manipulating models and you  
> edit plists by hand?

I use EOModeler on a Mac.

index.eomodeld: 

{
    EOModelVersion = "2.1"; 
    adaptorName = PostgreSQL; 
    connectionDictionary = {databaseName = XXXX; hostName = XXXX;
                                     databaseEncoding = NSUTF8StringEncoding; };
    entities = ( .......


Sure, I use the inspector to insert "NSUTF8StringEncoding" there. But it is 
possible that in some version 
of OSX or GNUstep the (internal) number is changed. Also, NSUTF8StringEncoding 
is better readable 
that a numeric value, which you would have to look up.

Is that a good reason?

Dave

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