Re: [Libxmlplusplus-general] parametrizing libxml++ for the character /string type

[murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 16:39, Christophe de VIENNE wrote:
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> Le Mercredi 29 Janvier 2003 16:42, Murray Cumming a écrit :
> > On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 16:15, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> > > Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > > We must fix these memory leaks before we can think of applying the
> > > > patch.
> > >
> > > well, I was under the impression that you'd put these changes into
> > > an 'unstable' branch.
> >
> > Yes, but even in the unstable branch there's no point in applying major
> > stuff unless we know it's going to work completely.
> >
> > Actually, _I_ started to think that we might even get this into 1.0 if
> > it proves itself quickly enough.
> >
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What I can do right now is to create a stable branch BRANCH_1_0 in CVS. It 
> would become, very soon, the 1.0 version.
> The patchs proposed by Stefan would go in the HEAD version. If it proves 
> itself quickly, we would merge the branches before doing the 1.0 version. If 
> not, it will wait the 1.2 version, and the intermediate releases will be 
> versionned 1.1.x

That makes sense to me. But it shouldn't be an excuse to ever have code
in cvs that is a regression.

> Does it sound good for you ?
> 
> Stefan, since you're actively partipating to libxml++ now, I can give you 
> access to the CVS for a while.

While his work has been great, so far his patches have been incomplete
and have changed extra stuff unnecessarily. I generally like to get
people into the correct habits before giving them full access. I suggest
that you wait a few days. I am very confident that he is going to be a
great help.

>  Even if the new concepts you're bringing are 
> not yet production ready, we seems to agree on including them for future 
> releases.
> 
> One more thing : since C member instance are pointers to structure each time, 
> it would be very easy now to apply the pimpl idiom, which wouldn't be a bad 
> thing I think.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Christophe
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