Re: [PATCH] transparent file reader

[Seth Goldberg]

 How do consumers of this interface determine the underlying cause of the 
problem?  Sometimes, more layering creates more problems than it solves. 
Think about how you determine the message to display when getting a return 
value from a function.

 --S

Quoting Szymon Janc, who wrote the following on Tue, 16 Feb 2010:

> Hello,
>
> Attached patch makes file reader transparent. It should make adding new filters
> to file reader easier.
>
> - gzio.h is gone
> - gzio is no more transparent, transparency is handled in grub_file_open()
> - renamed GRUB_ERR_BAD_GZIP_DATA to GRUB_ERR_BAD_IOFILTER_DATA, it will be
> used by other ios like xzio
>
>
> What do You think about it?
>
>
> --
> Szymon K. Janc
> address@hidden // GG: 1383435