"Brad Figler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> I agree. I just converted our project over to use POL. It is a solid
> framework. If it ever gets converted to a GNU project or such, I will be
> more than willing to contribute to it.
>
Me too. I spent 10 years doing apps with Visual C++ and MFC, so when I
started
developing a Palm app two months I was a bit jittery you might say. Until I
discovered
POL, which felt like coming "home" again. The only thing that has bit me a
few times
is that the CString class in POL has its character data at offset 6 from the
this ptr,
not offset 0 as MFC does. That means that you cannot freely substitute a
const Char* pointer with a CString instance without casting, let me show
you:
CString a,b;
a = "foo";
b.format("%s bar",a);
This makes b equal to "foo bar". But in POL you have to say
b.format("%s bar",(const Char *) a);
to achieve the same effect. Note: this is only a minor complaint from an old
man,
if POL went opensource I might take at shot at fixing it... But POL is good
otherwise!
/Henry
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