Re: GInterfaces and API Stability
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:45 +0100
- From: Murray Cumming <murrayc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: GInterfaces and API Stability
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 01:16 +0100, Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
> Wouldn't it possible to implement the GInterface as C++ class and add
> an
> operator like this to the GObject wrapper class:
>
> public:
> GLib::RefPtr<GFooInterface> operator () {
> return GLib::wrap_interface (gobj ());
> }
As well as a general learned avoidance of reckless C++ operator
overloading, I think you'd lose the advantages of actually using the
regular C++ hierarchy, such as type-safe casts at compile-time.
For gtkmm I am not greatly troubled by the new-interfaces-break-ABI
issue because it happens so rarely.
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