[Mapserver-dev] New file - mapobject.c

[Daniel Morissette]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I would like to setup a new module - mapobject.c - to contain functions
> operating on the mapfile that don't specifically belong somewhere else.
> In particular, drawing functionality will remaining in mapdraw.c, and
> mapfile reading code should remain in mapfile.c. However, I have found 
> myself
> dumping lots of extra "map" functions in mapfile.c for lack of somewhere 
> else
> to put them and it seems wrong to me.  As we move to have more operator
> functions for manipulating the mapObj I think it helps to have somewhere to
> put them.
> 
> I think at some point the stuff in mapcopy.c that is really the mapobject
> itself should also move in, though I'll wait on that for a bit.
> 
> Any objections?
> 


Sounds like a good idea to me.

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