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Re: ScratchList or some such thing

by Rob Eden :: Rate this Message:

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A FreezableList in between, maybe?

Rob

On May 18, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Ken Orr <ken.orr@...> wrote:

>
> I have an EventList with a bunch of data relative to many files. API
> consumers can ask for a pared down list  that contains a list of  
> elements
> that only pertain to a particular file on disk. Here's the simple  
> pipeline:
>
> EventList (all data) -> FilterList (data for a given file)
>
> My problem is this:
>
> The consumer of that list wants to render the list contents on  
> screen. They
> also want to allow the user to edit the contents of that list without
> actually committing the changes upstream yet (so the list would be  
> in a
> "dirty" state).
>
> Is there any solution built in to GL for such a problem? Do I need a  
> new
> type of list, like a ScratchList that can be used to locally edit  
> and then
> push it's changes upstream? Am I thinking about the problem wrong?
>
> Thanks guys!
> -Ken
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