[boost] Re: automating registering of events (was: Re: GUI/GDI templatelibrary)

From: Bohdan (gejrlaug_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-10 11:56:16

"John Torjo" <john.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:200308101119.h7ABJcn14012_at_softxp.rdsbv.ro...
>
> Eugene,
> one more thing when you implement the GUI library.
>
> I ALWAYS hated the message maps from MFC/WTL.
> So now I came up with a quite cute method of automating registering of events
for a given window.
>
> (this should work for registering messages, etc.)
>
> It's very flexible. In other words, when you add an event for wnd_widget,
> it does not couple the header file wnd_widget.h to the resource file (think
MFC
> for a moment ;) ) So, in case you modify the ID of a resource, all
> you have to do is recompile the source file (wnd_widget.cpp), not the whole
files
> depending on wnd_widget.h.
<snip>

AFAIK, some gui toolkits use not event, but callback system.
IMHO it is more evective. Definitely it should be discussed
carefully.

regatds,
bohdan