libUrl documentation and download

[Richard Gaskin]

Dave Cragg wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Until the RunRev site has the libUrl documentation back up again, you 
> can view it here:
> 
> <http://www.lacscentre.co.uk/liburl/>

Excellent -- thank you!

> You can also get an updater for the latest version (1.1.1 or 1.0.16) 
> there as well. (Note that the previously announced betas of these 
> versions introduced a bug that might affect POST commands to some http 
> servers. So anyone using those betas should probably upgrade.)
> 
> The updater is semi-intelligent in that it will install the appropriate 
> version for the engine you currently have installed. But if you later 
> swap engines, and keep the same mctools.mc stack, you may end up with 
> the wrong version. So it's probably best to keep the updater around, and 
> run it again if you ever swap engines.
> 
> As discussed before, I was thinking about a more intelligent version 
> that would keep two library stacks in custom properties, and load the 
> appropriate one with a libraryStack handler. But I'm currently against 
> the idea for two reasons;
> 
> 1.  It makes accessing/editing the script more difficult for developers, 
> and I really want people to access the scripts and fix problems they find.
> 
> 2.  It's quite possible that future versions of libUrl will introduce 
> more new syntax from newer engines, and therefore we'll need an even 
> smarter (thus bug-prone) loading system.
> 
> But as always, I'm open to opinions.

It won't affect Rev folks, and it seems few MC users use the same copy 
of mctools.mc across multiple engines, so it seems I may be the only one 
affected.

Don't bother on my account. I need to build a libURL multi-loader for 
myself anyway, and I'll happily share it if we can find anyone else who 
would want it.


> PS  I just made a late booking for EuroRevCon, so looking forward to 
> meeting those of you who'll be there.

So cool!  Glad you can make it.


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