Den 2014-08-10 12:04 skrev Dmitry Yemanov såhär: > 10.08.2014 13:55, Reinier Olislagers wrote: > >> However, apparently FB devs don't think it's important to keep it in >> sync with the C++ interface - even if third parties could submit patches >> for that. >> >> So in effect, new FB (features) will not be compatible with any language >> that does not have C++ support. > So far we're trying to find a compromise. >
I've been following this thread with interest. Being an end user (not API user) i don't really understand all the details, but it appears to me as if Adriano et al are arguing in favour of a C++ API and some "hacks" to make that API accessible from non C++ compatible languages. While I very much like the idea of an OO interface generally speaking, it seems to me that the FB project would have to take on a huge amount of work to make that API accessible from "any" language. The proposed solutions seem very "hacky" to me - too low-level and dependent on details of various compiler implementations, that might also change between compiler versions. Just to keep it accessible from Delphi as well as FP seems like excessive work, especially considering that the details of vtable etc might change in new version of FP and Delphi. My question in that context is what is really the point of having a C++ API rather than a regula C one, which appears to have much less of those compatibility problems? If the point is "small", it seems not worth the trouble. Regards, Kjell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
