It is at least hypothetically possible to port Geeqie to C++11 / GtkMM. Ignoring the inevitable ridiculous mountain of work that it would take, does the end state seem like a good idea?
Personally, I only knew C89 and small quantities of C++98 until I started using C++11 for work earlier this year. One of the things I've come to appreciate about it is that std::unique_ptr and std::move make memory _ownership_ explicit, which basically makes memory leaks, double-frees, and other pointer maladies a non-issue. You still have bare pointers when you need them, but you only have to use them when really needed. The other thing that seems useful is that between C++ and GtkMM, you get real namespaces and an actual honest-to-goodness GTK class hierarchy. And templates mean GList* turns into GList<FileData>*, so you can know what's inside of it just by glancing at the header file, without having to dig through the code. And then if you try to put the wrong thing into it, it's a compile-time error instead of a segfault. Thoughts? --xsdg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today.http://sdm.link/intel _______________________________________________ Geeqie-devel mailing list Geeqie-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geeqie-devel
