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Re: GCC's statement expression extension

To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
Subject: Re: GCC's statement expression extension
From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
Date: 30 Jul 2000 09:34:05 -0700
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <m2vgxodeor.fsf@bothner.com> <20000729104258V.mitchell@codesourcery.com> <orvgxolqo1.fsf@guarana.lsd.ic.unicamp.br> <20000729120853B.mitchell@codesourcery.com>

Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:

> I think that Per's analogy of Scheme->C with OO Functional->C++ is not
> that good.  The Scheme->C translation is much more tractable than the
> C++ translation.  Many functional OO languages do not map well onto
> C++.  (For example, if they allow method replacement, vtables are not
> what you want.)

No, but there is a good chance you might want to use the C++ abstraction
facilities such non-virtual methods and templates.

-- 
	--Per Bothner
per@bothner.com   http://www.bothner.com/~per/

References:
- Re: GCC's statement expression extension
  - From: Per Bothner
- Re: GCC's statement expression extension
  - From: Mark Mitchell
- Re: GCC's statement expression extension
  - From: Alexandre Oliva
- Re: GCC's statement expression extension
  - From: Mark Mitchell

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