Re: [boost] Re: Trolls and Signals

From: Terje Slettebø (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-24 23:26:15

>From: "David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]>

> "Terje Slettebø" <tslettebo_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>>
>> 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?

Yeah.

Regards,

Terje