Re: [gtkmm] Talk about a major rewrite

[Murray Cumming <murrayc usa net>]

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 14:14, P. Christeas wrote: 
> > > At this point of discussion I don't expect to look into the code. That's
> > > why I don't refer to particular bugs. My questions are:
> > > - do the design pitfals constitute the need for a re-design?
> >
> > What design pitfalls? Give us specifics.
> 
> [flame-starter..]
> I personally avoid stl.
> It introduces too many code lines for the simplest 
> things. The compiler then is pushed and more likely to mis-interpret things 
> (the gcc 3.1 problems etc.). Moreover, the core code is less human-readable.

I agree that it's too much code _sometimes_, so we have dual interfaces
where this can be a problem.

> I'm also working on a model to replace reference counting.

And what is the problem with the current reference counting system as
used by GTK+ and wrapped by gtkmm?

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Murray Cumming
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