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To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: g_part partition tool -- some logistic questions 
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In message <5BB89CF0-69CE-4A93-828B-298A13CD0F67@mac.com>, Marcel Moolenaar wri
tes:
>I'm writing a partitioning tool, I'm working on the
>geom that's being partitioned. In an ideal world all
>partitioning schemes are handled by g_part, which
>means I can look for the g_part class and have them
>all, but for now I need to hardcode the numerous
>classes.

If you're working from the XML, consider having the
classes announce themselves to you in XML ?


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