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Re: Program Design Structure Question

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Mike wrote:

I have two sets of files. Out of the 5 files in the set of files, only one
file in the set is different. So now I have a maintenance nightmare of
having two programs exactly the same (and keep the same) except for the
files they use. Is there a way I can make this one program? I could use a
flag and put an if statement on every read/write/update/delete, but could
there be a better way? The other file is similar, but different enough that
I think it would be best just to maintain two programs.

If the files that are the same are *exactly* the same, then a simple OVRDBF will solve all your problems.

James Rich

if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
the design of operating systems. please pass them along to redmond
when you're done reading them :)
- Paul Davis on ardour-dev

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