Re: PropertyType_Load

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On 03 Jul 2003, Philippe Faes wrote:
> The file properties.h contains this definition:
> 
> typedef void (*PropertyType_Load)(Property *prop, AttributeNode attr,
> DataNode data);
> 
> However, it seems that the load funtions don't use "attr", but only
> "data". I didn't check the load funtions of ALL properties, obviously...

The pointarrayprop load function uses attr.

 find . -name \*.c | xargs grep --after-context=6 prop_load\( | less
 is your friend:)

> Why are there two Nodes being passed to the load functions? Is this for
> historical reasons only? Is it safe for me to use only "data", and
> ignore "attr"?

It's XML.  Remember it's <tag attr="value">data</tag>.  Functions must have
access to both, it's just that most don't use any attributes.

-Lars

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