On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Arvid Norberg wrote:
David Turner wrote:
Okay... I have an idea for how this could be done.
I confess I'm biased against it, due to the difficulties and inefficiencies it raises in the implementation.
How's this (syntax as of tonight - I'll upload it tomorrow):
window w("Test Window"); grid g(2, 2); w.contain(g); g.contain(button("Click me", on_click), 1, 1); g.contain(label("Enter your name:"), 0, 0); textentry t(); g.contain(t, 1, 0); wait_for_signal(w.delete_signal()); // note () after delete_signal
You don't have any comments on the syntax suggestion I posted?
I do :) I'm solidly behind the proposals to use a DSEL for describing GUI elements. It's the right level of abstraction for the task. I'm not sure I'm a big fan of the '+' syntax you propose, if only because it requires a lot of discipline to make it look "right", whereas an approach that uses, e.g., [] or () to perform grouping will at least make my editor do the right thing. Doug