[Bf-committers] C++ Migration

[Jeremy Wall]

yes it is possible to do OO with C. All you have to do is provide
accessor functions for the datatypes and logic in your systems. My XML
project for blender will be doing that and it looks like Ton is going
to be doing something similar for the animation/armature rewrites.
More of blender needs to have these functions though. There is no
clear seperation between core/engine sections and implementation/use
of those engines. I would like to see a push toward more and more
sections of blender getting accessor functions and clear api's for
their use. A lot of Blender could be made developer friendly this way.
Additionally some of the sections of the code would be protected
making their maintainers jobs much easier. They won't have to worry as
much about some new (to that section) coder messing something up.

And No I don't consider the python api to fill that need.


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:43:16 -0800, joeedh <joeeagar at prodigy.net> wrote:
> Austin Benesh wrote:
> 
> > Are we ever going to consider a massive migration from C to C++? C is
> > quickly being outdated. What are we going to do when it goes obsolete?
> > I believe this is one of the more serious issues on our hands.
> >
> The problem here is that most of the developers are C prodecural
> coders;  I'm one of very few Blender coders who actually likes, much
> less knows anything about, C++.
> 
> I agree completely with a lot of people that C++ has too many features
> for its own good (e.g. it's too complex).  Of course, I also happen to
> also think those features are kindof fun to use :)
> 
> What blender really needs is on-going refactoring to make the code more
> object-oriented in the places that need it.  Despite what some people
> think, it is possible to do OO with C;  and especially the event system
> could do with a OO rewrite (as we all know).
> 
> joeedh.
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