Deprecate the disk API

Why do we need the disk api when the peripheral.wrap API does everything, and more concisely? Instead of:

local t = disk.getAudioTitle('top')
print(t)
disk.playAudio('top')
sleep()
disk.eject('top')

We can already do:

local record = peripheral.wrap('top')
local t = record.getAudioTitle()
print(t)
record.playAudio()
sleep()
record.eject()

And that way we don't have 'top' littered all over the code.

because its easier to type disk.getMountPath("left") than having to wrap the peripheral to a side to then query it… if its really required that you don't want to have a string littered all over the code just search for the disk drive, store the side in a variable, then use that variable all over the place…

It's for convenience reasons - disks work somewhat differently to most other peripherals.

TheOriginalBIT, on 20 January 2013 - 02:01 PM said:

because its easier to type disk.getMountPath("left") than having to wrap the peripheral to a side to then query it… if its really required that you don't want to have a string littered all over the code just search for the disk drive, store the side in a variable, then use that variable all over the place…

Fair enough, hadn't though of the quick single line case. Even so, seems largely redundant, and is inconsistent with how printers are used.