On Wed, 23 May 2001, Andrew Dunbar wrote:
> Vlad Harchev wrote:
>
> > > > > My code is an adaption of the unix code so you might want to compare
> > > > > them.
> > > >
> > > > It looks everything is fine. The only issue - why this
> > > > friend class XAP_EncodingManager;
> > > > is in header file?
> > >
> > > Good question. I'm afraid that's something I blindly copied from
> > > the Unix EncodingManager. Should they both go or just mine?
> >
> > Good question :)
> > It seems it was in Unix EncMgr by mistake - try removing it from Windows
> > one and see whether anything breaks. If it doesn't break anything - it should
> > be removed from Unix one too IMO.
>
> The friend declaration is needed but the design may be questionable.
> The derived get_instance() functions are accessing the base class's
> _instance member which is private.
>
> Somebody other than me should investigate this (:
OK, it seems friend declaration is really needed.
Best regards,
-Vlad
