Mathew Robertson wrote:
the Lit Window Library is a layer above a widget library and allows you
ie the first example (from "How RapidUI speeds up your development work...") where some settings are loaded. The example is invalid as the comparision is being done using operator>> vs. raw implementation code.
Err, sorry? Why is the example invalid because I am using the >> operator? I could have used write_config(config, s) instead. I think you may have missed the point: the operator >> (or write_config) is a generic function and will work with any data type! So while you have to write code for ReadSettings/WriteSettings again for every different actual 'Settings' definition, you don't have to do that if you are using the generic function. You simply *use* (rather than rewrite) write_config instead. Don't mistake the operator>> used in the example for the standard iostream operator >>. The example is not writing the 'Settings' class as a binary blob. The operator >> is implemented by the lit window library and it is not a template. Or did I misunderstand you? Also, regarding the relevancy of the examples and the concept, have you had the time to look at the RssReader tutorial yet? Step 3 and 4 of the tutorial will be especially interesting. Here's the link to step 4 http://www.litwindow.com/lwl/doc/html/tutorial_step_4.html Best regards and thank you for your comments Hajo