Re: [boost] extensions library

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-07 20:12:18

Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jeremy Pack wrote:
>
>> It is, basically, a library for building plugins.

Note the serialization library contains code which handles essentially same
problem domain.  Its under extended_type_info.  It even has
its own documentation.  However some of the functionality
is mixed into the serialization library.

It has the following features:

no common base class required for objects created by factory
registration by GUID
usage of rtti optional
object don't have to be default constructible
class definitons can be DLLs, - static templates
refer to DLLS as necessary only if the derived class GUID
is explicitly referred to.

Robert Ramey