Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
BTW, I dont like very much the RCF namespace all in caps, it seems like a macro. But that's just an aesthetic issue.
The BIL library uses macros too, BTW, for the same purpose that RCF uses them.
Yes.
I know there's a lot of skepticism towards macros in general, but in this setting, the alternative is a 3rd party code generator, or do-it-by-hand boilerplate coding.
Yes, I agree. I just wanted some sort of rationale about why macros and what other alternatives are and why they are inferior.
During the development of BIL there was discussion of a 'template based' idl that got rid of the macros (see the BIL docs). It seemed likely that it was doable, but I don't believe it ever made it past the experimental stage. You might search the mail archives if you want to know more. Jeff