Re: Get login name and/or path to home directory of current user?

In comp.sys.mac.programmer.help Gregory Weston <uce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <_ycbi.283$y05.169@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gabriele Greco <gabrielegreco@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Anyway I agree with Bo about the use of FSRef in a Carbon program, but
I 
>> also agree with SM Ryan that FSRef is a over-complex implementation to 
>> retain compatibility with an older OS.
> 
> The mind boggles at the characterization of an opaque/undo***ented 
> structure as "over-complex."

Oh, but didn't you know? The use of OO-like functions to work on opaque 
structures is complicated! It's much easier to use NUL-terminated strings 
with manual buffer management.

It should be obvious that paths are better and more modern. FSRefs can 
track a file as it moves and work with files that are buried so deep in 
file hierarchies that the full path exceeds kernel limits. Paths, by 
failing in both of these situations, make the programmer's job much easier

because they can blame any failings in their application on the kernel.

I guess today is Opposite Day. I just wish we could use FSRefs with POSIX 
functions somehow.

-- 
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software