[boost] Re: Trolls and Signals

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-24 22:32:22

"Terje Slettebø" <tslettebo_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:01a201c20392$25022000$60fb5dd5_at_pc...
> [...]
> This is one of the problems with using a proprietary preprocessor like Qt
> does (the MOC), which implements these new keywords, making these
> clashes. I think it would have been better if they had implemented the
> signal/slot, and reflection capability, in the language itself.
> [...]

Who was the genius that didn't bother to decorate the new "keywords" with
some underscores, e.g.:

__signal
__slot

Isn't that the standard way to provide custom language extensions?

Dave