"David Bergman" <davidb@home.se> wrote
Andy wrote:
The other concern may simply be the perceived complexity of templates.
No, the *actual* complexity. Most "GUI" programmers happen to be quite junior, and templates are tricky. Types not consisting of one simple lexeme are complex. [And typedef's do not save that...]
Regular programmers cannot use templates more than via very simple
Gee someone oughta sit down and write a book.. I dunno about ... erm metaprogramming and stuff. I guess that might help. Gee... but pigs might fly. These boosters just want to keep all this useful info to themselves. ;-) patterns,
such as smart pointers (actullay popularized via Microsoft's Active Template Library, I think), and they can certainly not create their own templates. I have interviewed about a hundred "expert C++ programmer" (from the resume...) of which three (3) had ever created his/her/its own template, and zero (0) had ever used either templates as template parameters or nested template instantiations.
Again I refer you to the code in my original post. There is really nothing complicated in the body of the function IMO. And you have to start somewhere. Give them a chance.... and who knows.
I would love to see a GUI library that is for those who have not only
dipped
their toe into the strange, but beautiful, waters of generic, and generative, programming, but for those who can actually swim in it. Ok, it would not get a "wide" appeal. So, what?
Somebody Stop Me! ... :-) regards Andy Little