[Kst] Strange problem using the change data file tool

[George Staikos]

On Thursday 26 January 2006 11:46, Brisset, Nicolas wrote:
> > > 3) we find a way to reduce the number of calls to datasource
> > > constructors and 2) becomes acceptable (but this will
> >
> > surely take more
> >
> > > time)
> >
> >    May not happen due to the desire to auto-detect files.
>
> Why is that so ? If a datasource provides efficient understands...() and
> fieldListFor...() methods, I believe auto-detection can live without
> needing to call the constructor. And if it does call it, then for those
> sources that seem to be able to read the file, the instance should be
> kept.

  Can you find where these instantiations are coming from?

> Apart from that point, I also had a bug in the way _valid was set, which
> is why d2asc did not work. I am actually still wondering why kst itself
> does not use _valid to keep track of the status of in-use datasources.
> Currently, even if a datasource sets _valid = false, kst will still try
> to update it and read data. 'Sounds weird... Well, this is probably not
> the right time to discuss this but we might come up with ideas how to
> make a smart use of that property.

  Because an update() can make it valid again.

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