Ram Sadasiv wrote:
>
> In addition to being "un-STL-like" and "un-PERL-like", when you get into
> the XMLPlatformUtils and the framework's insistence to returning memory
> managed objects rather than pointers, it gets kind of "un-C++-like".
>
Right-on... I was surprised to see getChild return copies, instead of
references. I would prefer references to pointers, BTW, they always
point to an object that already exist.
> But, as you point out, options are few... Also, given the number of
> target operating systems/compilers
> (http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/build-other.html) the statement on the
> home page:
>
> "For portability, care has been taken to make minimal use of templates,
> no RTTI, no C++ namespaces and minimal use of #ifdefs"
>
Those features are standard in all compilers since a couple of years
ago, at least; and templates, at least 4 years before that. Besides,
nowadays, you can write pretty portable, #ifdef-free, code in C++; major
compilers, like GNU c++ and VC++, compile the same code without a
problem. Of course, I can't say the same about OS400 or other obscure
OSs, but I guess g++ is also ported to them.
Is anything like that on the wish list? Lots of code (and headaches for
developers) could be saved...
J
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