Re: [libxml++] Revisting the Glib::ustring vs. std::string issue.

[David Benoit <benoit blueslice com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven [mailto:redalert commander gmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:00 AM
>
> I'm not really a libxml++ developer, but, when changing the underlying
> type in the installer (really the installer, and not some compile
> flags?),
> wouldn't this pose an issue to other applications, dependent on
> libxml++?
> Wouldn't they need to be recompiled as well?
> I use Debian, so libxml++ is pre-build and installed using the package
> manager, but what if someone creates a binary with the other string
> implementation?
>
> Just asking :)

Yes and no.  The configuration change (the second change that I expect would not be integrated with the source) would be a change in the build configuration that changes the compilation, not the install.  It would be something that the package maintainer would be aware of, and nobody else.

The distributed libxml++ package would be shipped as it is today, with Glib::ustring as the storage.  The proposed (first) patch to the mainline code would simply:
 - rename all occurrences of Glib::ustring to xmlpp::string, and associated changes
 - add a "string.h" file that contains:
    namespace xmlpp {
      typedef ::Glib::ustring string;
    }
This would result in no change in process, effective API, binary, ABI, etc.  It simply makes things more flexible.

David

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