Re: [boost] New Cubed Callbacks

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-24 14:17:48

At 10:42 AM 11/24/2000 -0700, John (EBo) David wrote:

 >How about ptr = (Type*) 0; hence convert it explicitly like the
 >definituon of NULL as being (void*)0L

AFAIK, the preferred form is static_cast<Type*>(0) when just plain 0 would 
result in the wrong overload being selected.  See "Effective C++", Scott 
Meyers, item 25.  But I'm not as much an expert on style as Kevlin.

 >>  >Well the current names are just as clear as what you're proposing and
 >>  >they happen to be shorter...
 >>
 >> "Methods" is only clear to a portion of the C++ community, and on top 
of
 >> that sounds pretty dated to my ear.
 >>
 >> Both of those issues are yesterday's battles.  Those who happened to be 

 >on
 >> the losing side just need to move on, rather than fighting the same old
 >> fights over and over again.
 >
 >Ok... what is the generally accepted terminology these days for the code
 >segment of an object? For the data segment?

   member function?  member data?

 >Hmmm... is this a form of bringing PC to the PC ;-)  Just checking...

Yes, it is:-)  Challenging political correctness every now and then is a 
good idea, too, but probably not in the middle of a discussion of 
Callbacks!

--Beman