[boost] Re: GUI library - another one

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-03 12:56:07

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Matthias Schabel wrote:
>>
>> As far as the demo program :
>>
>> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
>> {
>>      window w = create_window();
>>      w->title("Example window");
>>      w->contain(create_button(w, "Hello, world!"));
>>      wait_for_signal(w->delete_signal);
>> }
>>
>> why not :
>>
>> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
>> {
>>      window w("Example window"); // more consistent with button syntax
>> below
>>      w.add(button("Hello, world!"));       // no need to have w be a
>> pointer?
>>      w.wait_for(delete_signal());
>> }
>>
>> or something like that.
>
> Many C++ people like shallow copy things to explicitly have a pointer-like
> syntax. I, personally, can happily tolerate either.

Me too.

> For an apples to apples comparison,
>
>     window w("Example window");
>
> should be compared with
>
>     window w = create_window("Example window");

http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cuel05uq5p.fsf%40boost%2dconsulting.com%3e

shows a way to make the first syntax a little easier to produce.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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