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[PATCH 0/2] publish: Add Avahi support.

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Message #48 received at 44800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, 44800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#44800] [PATCH v2 1/3] Add Avahi support.
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:59:10 +0100

Hi,

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 12:02, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Users of the Avahi client library are supposed to pass “callbacks”,
> which leads to “inversion of control”: the library decides when you code
> is called.  See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control>.
>
> Inverting it would mean providing a natural way for users to call the
> library.

Thanks!  I did not know the concept name and that it was so formalized.

Really helpful.


Cheers,
simon

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