Re: general question about rewritten code from scratch (about sunrpc issue)
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 10:41:55AM +0700, arief_mulya wrote:
> Or can I just read sunrpc sources, and build new codes based
> on what I read?
Specifically, this is what you cannot do.
The trick is that you either need to not refer to their code at all, or
if you are somewhat familiar with it, you need to implement it in a
significantly different way. The GNU Coding Standards[1] offers some
thoughts on good techniques to use.
My plan is to start with the public interfaces and the documentation
that is available and to work backwards as much as possible. Roland
McGrath has said he has some ideas for where he'd like to see SunRPC go,
but his plans tend to want more time and design than I think I want to
put into this right now.
Because I haven't started looking at it (This month has been crazy for
me, which is why I said I would start in March), I can't suggest the
best way to start yet. You're welcome to take a look at it, but please
keep in mind that for the most part you should not even look at their
code if you plan to write any. If you are interested in improving the
glibc documentation about sunrpc, then you're welcome to look at the
code - That would even make the job of reimplementing it easier.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_3.html#SEC3
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