RE: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk--: G_List quirks

[Jonathan Belson <jon dookie demon co uk>]

On 02-Aug-98 Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> All I can add to the two previous replies is that I very strongly
> suggest you learn about the STL (I have a few pointers among my
> bookmarks on my homepage). You are missing something indeed. The only
> valid reason for not using the STL when writing C++ today would be
> being forced to use an obsolete compiler.

Are there advantages other than development time?  I'm still a bit suspicious
of using STL structures; I usually use my own minimal template classes - I guess
I'm concerned about code bloat from instantiating template members that I'm
not going to need.


C-YA
Jon

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