msn-pecan now has direct connection support (fast file transfers)

Ankit Singla anksingla at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 08:31:38 EST 2008


Gabriel Schulhof wrote:
> So, I've been reading this thread for a few days. Lemme see if I have got
> this right:
>
> Situation before PSM:
> ---------------------
>
> Protocols other than MSN had 2 things:
>
> 1. Status - let's call it, for discussion's sake an enum such as
>
> enum
> {
> STATUS_AVAILABLE,
> STATUS_AWAY,
> STATUS_DND,
> ...
> };
>
> Each member of this enum may or may not have an associated and pre-defined
> "friendly name" in the form of a string. Either way, it determines what
> icon will be used for the status.
>
> 2. Message - some kind of string
>
> MSN, however, only had part 1 - the enum.
>
> Situation after PSM:
> ---------------------
>
> MSN has now joined the ranks of protocols that have, in addition to the
> enum, a message as well.
>
>   

Actually, what I understood after Marcel's response was, MSN has two 
strings instead of an enum and a string. That seems very unnecessary, 
though. Before Marcel, I thought the same as Gabriel.

>
> Gabriel
>
> /me rents a large rock from Rocks 'R Us to duck behind
>
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