On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, MacArthur, Ian (SELEX GALILEO, UK) wrote: >>> I note that you have used std::vector to hold the animation >>> frames...
>> Of course, if there's a better way to do this which gives >> better cross-platform compatibility I'd gladly hear about >> it- no harm in making things better! > I wouldn't say better... > Where the fltk core lib does this, it tends to be implemented > "by hand" as linked lists or by malloc/realloc of arrays > so that it only depends on simple "C" techniques that will > be portable. This was done in the early days when the support > for the std:: stuff was very inconsistent across platforms, > and especially in small embedded ones... Given the circumstances at the time, the approach is/was definitely sensible, especially also considering that some of the STL has a reputation of being slowish. Still, although I fondly recall my assembly days, I'd rather avoid implementing yet another linked list if there's a class for that. There's something about working low-level though. All these young whippersnappers have been too far away from the hardware from the start ;) Best, Marc _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
