[Os-project-managers] Consent agenda item

[Horand Gassmann]

Hi guys,

I hope we can treat the following as a consent agenda item:

We currently have a class OSnl2osil in files OSnl2osil.cpp and  
OSnl2osil.h. Its purpose is to read a .nl file and to pull out the  
instance information. However, as we have seen, the .nl file also  
contains bits and pieces that we would classify as options. ASL gives  
us only very limited access through its API, so we have to parse the  
entire .nl file to get at any piece of it. We therefore have to pull  
the OSOption bits out simultaneously with the OSInstance pieces.  
(Otherwise the time may kill us on a large problem.)

I propose to define a new class nl2OS _inside_ the same  
OSnl2osil.cpp/.h files. This class would inherit from OSnl2osil, and  
so everything would be backwards compatible. It would also make the  
code development easier.

Is this reasonable? Please feel free to consent/object/discuss.

Cheers

gus

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