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Re: [C++ PATCH] Using directives (again)

To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
Subject: Re: [C++ PATCH] Using directives (again)
From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 19:11:06 +0100
Cc: nathan at codesourcery dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <3AF13D61.D66070B5@codesourcery.com> <20010503085214V.mitchell@codesourcery.com>

Mark Mitchell wrote:-

> What we actually needed here was object-orientation.
> 
> The problem is that when you add a new tree-code, you have to find all
> the predicates that operate on it -- it would be better to write
> virtual functions that gives the attributes of the tree-code directly
> with the tree-code.  Someday.

Great - I wondered out loud about this on the list about 3 months ago,
but never got a response.  I think it would make stuff less buggy and
clearer, too.

Neil.

References:
- [C++ PATCH] Using directives (again)
  - From: Nathan Sidwell
- Re: [C++ PATCH] Using directives (again)
  - From: Mark Mitchell

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