void IBasicVersionControl::showXXXX()

[Matthew Woehlke]

Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 05.06.07 12:38:50, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> dukju ahn wrote:
>>> I think majority of us agreed that showXXXX()  should be void, since
>>> it is totally async. When using this method, the caller doesn't need
>>> to take care of the operation -- call and forget operation.
>>>
>>> Is there any objection that I change this into void ??
>> I don't recall that consensus :-). My argument for returning a job is 
>> you can wait on the user to finish using the GUI, e.g. if a script needs 
>> to invoke a GUI method. But maybe others feel differently...
> 
> Well, maybe this should be done on a case-by-case basis, for example
> I don't see a reason to wait for showDiff(), but for example
> showCommit() might make sense to wait for. (think of doing something
> after the commit is done).

Yes, I can agree with that. Also is there a detach() method of VcsJob 
(i.e. something that says 'run, and I don't care about the result, clean 
yourself up')?

-- 
Matthew
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