From -8070262555127088037 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,1d4cb0b1f508085e X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Don Griffin Subject: Re: Should a future C++ include Properties, Design Time Interfaces and Date: 1997/07/09 Message-ID: <33C2C38C.26056935@farallon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 255807870 References: <33B6D13D.BDD71D73@xs4all.nl> <33BBACD9.3C88@sni.de> <33C147F4.A9E911B@farallon.com> <5psaru$bns$1@news.fas.harvard.edu> X-Original-Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 17:47:40 -0500 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Farallon Computing Inc. X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUBM8PoTUy4NqrwXLNJAQGjkAIAvJhGv6kRBU0rBxiTaGSGOE6DhPkKs3Ko iQIkjwo0UzJQrhO43yWd+yGT+4pzwnffgug5/bEC1c6MoAYSpt05lw== =DfvA Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com >Feels like this can be accomplished with existing C++ by having a >template class serve as a proxy dummy object, with assignment and >conversion operators overloaded. I have done this before (for a bit vector class). It gives the right syntax, but I found that my compiler did not do such a good job of inlining this construct. It also adds several steps to the hopefully simpler syntax of the proposed "property" feature. That is to say: I would use properties (heavily?); I would not use proxy objects. The cost overwhelms the benefits, IMO. Don --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]