[Freeciv-Dev] Re: OO model for Freeciv?

[Dan Gohman <gohmandj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 07:35:12PM +0100, Sam BC wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lalo [mailto:lalo@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lalo Martins
> >
> > If there was, even remotely, the chance that Freeciv could be
> > upgraded to C++, it could be done by a separate group of madmen
> > in a branch, and when ready, tested for performance. I for one
> > wouldn't mind working on such a project and then throwing all
> > my work in the trashcan if it doesn't turn out better than the
> > C version.
> 
> I'm no genius, but I'd work on such a project as well. Translating from C to
> C++ rewriting code to be essentially the same algorithmically but with a C++
> implementation should not be too hard work for a small group of people
> familiar with both languages...

Indeed it is not difficult. The hard part I'm finding is keeping the two
versions in sync. I first started playing with this a while ago, and it was
going well, but then the fog-of-war patch got integrated to cvs around
the same time as I was unable to work on freeciv for about two weeks.
I had made enough changes such that I had to merge everything into my C++
version by hand (looking at the diff and then editing files manually). A
very long task this is.

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Dan Gohman
gohmandj@xxxxxxxxxxx