Re: [BLACKBOX] BlackBox and Tortoise

From: F.V.Tkachov <"F.V.Tkachov">
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 07:20:04 +0300

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In reply to Andrei's message dated 2009-02-04 at 02:34

> Does Blackox, as a development environment, provide (some equivalent of)
version control functionality?
> What are good practices of version control under Blackbox?
> Do people need extra version control software for version control of
large projects?

> Sincere apologies for asking what might be a FAQ.

No, this is not a FAQ. This in itself may be part of the answer :-)

A need for version control is certainly much reduced with a true modular
system (unlike the mess with namespaces etc.).
The BlackBox compiler reports
         249 inconsistent import
if one tries to compile a module with wrong versions of imported modules.
Both the compiler at compile time and the loader at load time check
exported object types and signatures ("strick static type safety accross
module boundaries").

Furthermore, one can run BlackBox in a server configuration, whereby the
files in a project directory overlay the files in the main BlackBox
directory. In this way, any file except BlackBox.exe can be temporarily
replaced with an experimental/special version.
This feature allows only one level of overlay, but BlackBox is so easily
modified that extending this capability is no problem -- if one really
needs it (it is actually an example of a complexity trap to be avoided).

The group at OberonCore.ru do use SVN, but my impression is, its effective
functionality is that of an access-controlled repository of subsystems and
binaries.

cheers
fyodor

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