I support to move PTLIB to closer to C++ standard and take advantage of existed libraries. During the transition, the backward compatibility should be taken care, but it will not be a barrier to stop the transition.
Richard Quan o: 650-525-3376
-----Original Message----- From: h323plus-bounces@lists.packetizer.com [mailto:h323plus-bounces@lists.packetizer.com] On Behalf Of Craig Southeren Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:32 PM To: Robert Jongbloed Cc: h323plus@lists.packetizer.com; Opalvoip-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [h323plus] More background on changing BOOL to bool
To all,
Here is some background information on the proposed change of BOOL to bool.
We're trying to move PTLib closer to the C++ standard, including STL, because that has many advantages. Not only will it reduce the size of the code, and increases compatibility with other libraries, but it will leverage off the enormous investment that other developers have made into the standard libraries and will increase the usefulness of PTLib by making the API less "proprietary"
To do this, PTLib will require several changes. None of these will come without pain, but it is my personal opinion that the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages. These changes are:
- Change BOOL to bool - Change PString to use std::string in some way - Change PArray to use std::vector, PDictionary to use std::map etc
The change from BOOL to bool is probably the biggest change. We're hoping that the rest of the changes can be done transparently, but I think it is inevitable that there will be some API tweaks required.
I'd be interested in hearing people's opinions on these thoughts, especially if the general consensus is that it is not worthwhile.
Craig
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