[openbox] Why not C++?

Jordan xero at xeron.cc
Sat Mar 3 14:19:03 EST 2007


On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:12:50AM +0500, eveel wrote:
> Dana Jansens wrote:
> >Openbox uses glib for things like lists and hashtables and
> >portability. 
> The C++ has a _native_ lists (std::list) and hashtables (std::map).
> What about portability?
> GLib is too huge, and Openbox almost doesn't use the all features of the 
> GLib.
> 
> >There is no use of gobjects in Openbox.
> I know :)

Aren't we kind of forgetting that blackbox was C++, as was Openbox 2
which was based upon it. Openbox 3 switched to C per choice. I mean, it would
seem a bit silly to switch back seeing as this was an intentional design
choice.



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