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

["Sam BC" <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not a very open-minded view... responses below...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tuomas Airaksinen [mailto:tuma@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> > As I
> > see it, the discussion is in any case merely good manners on
> the parts of
> > those interested in converting to C++ - there is no legal
> impediment to just
> > doing it!
>
> That was a joke?

Depends what you mean by joke. If you mean, do I not mean it, then no, no
joke. It is legally true. If you mean would I do it without the blessing of
the maintainers, then no. I respect peoples beliefs and wishes for what they
have been figureheads for the creation of.

This is fairly moot, as Jeff Mallatt (jjm) at least has shown that he does
not mind the idea, his request being that the name not include FreeCiv
verbatim.

>
> As I wrote earlier, I see nothing controversial in simply
> renaming files from .c
> to .cc. But I see that kind of conversion as big waste of time
> (of course, your
> hands are free because the source is free, but...).
>

No-one is suggesting re-naming files. That would take no time and would
accomplish nothing apart from a slower compile as we have established that
g++ compiles pure C worse than gcc. What we are suggesting is using the
graphics/algorithms/overall structure and re-writing with C++ to make a
truly object-oriented solution. The advantages have already been discussed
as easier extensibility, easier-to-understand structure, and code that is
harder to unwittingly break (typed containers etc from the STL).

Clearer?

SamBC