Re: [boost] dynamic inheritance w/FC++ ? (was Re: full functoids)

From: Brian McNamara (lorgon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-26 16:00:06

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 12:04:19PM -0600, Larry Evans wrote:
>    <boost_files>/regexp_first.zip
> , but I was hoping FC++ could maybe do better.  One problem (maybe not
> too big of a problem) with the regexp_first code is that there's a
> pointer from subtype to supertype and back (more memory) and the
> virtual functions in supertype must be delegated to in the subtype
> (more programmer time).
> 
> I don't know if FC++ can improve on that, but I'd like to see if it
> can.  Brian, do you have any ideas on how to do it better in FC++?

Sorry, no.  Indeed, I cannot imagine _any_ solution in C++ which
doesn't involve "manually" writing the delegation methods as well as
keeping pointers in both directions.

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-Brian McNamara (lorgon_at_[hidden])