This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156)
--------------enig7156D7C4ADE27330A92ECF5C
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Thomas E. Spanjaard wrote:
>> Though I'm not clued on the property list jizz, what's the problem  of 
>> using an ioctl like virtually every other application on BSD  uses for 
>> these kind of interactions with the kernel?
> The main issue is that whenever you want to add more information, you  
> have to version the damn thing and then provide compatibility ioctls.
> Dictionaries don't have this problem, so long as you never REMOVE  from 
> the list of keys in the dictionary.

Or change the semantics of keys. But I understand you'd only need 
generic ioctls for passing property lists, and then that's all there 
needs to be, ergo little chance of them changing often.

Cheers,
-- 
         Thomas E. Spanjaard
         tgen@netphreax.net

--------------enig7156D7C4ADE27330A92ECF5C
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc"
Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc"

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (NetBSD)

iD8DBQFErA8H6xCMwBJ+1+sRA+8IAJ9SZ+jUHYVgLZtW2CkceMUDevplyQCdEibg
d4HUBbEyc2yFrg+WCcI6G9s=
=Squk
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--------------enig7156D7C4ADE27330A92ECF5C--