[haiku-development] Re: Can we make BObjectList public?

  • From: Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:46:11 +0100

On 2011-01-19 at 16:22:20 [+0100], Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 19.01.2011 14:17, schrieb Axel Dörfler:
> > Ingo Weinhold<ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>  wrote:
> >> On 2011-01-18 at 14:34:01 [+0100], Oliver Tappe<zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>> So, is there anything that speaks against making BObjectList public?
> >> The interface needs revision. The base class _PointerList_ is really 
> >> ugly.
> >> The class (like BList) is misnamed IMO. All that doesn't exactly speak
> >> against making it public, but it should at least marked obsolescent at 
> >> the
> >> same time.
> >
> > I would just make it public as is now, and phase it out with the GCC4 API 
> > switch.
> 
> Fully agreed.

Ok, thanks for the input - I have cleaned up BObjectList a bit and made it 
public.

As I haven't found any hints on binary compatibility of the STL either, I'm 
going to keep them out of all public headers. 

cheers,
        Oliver

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