Jim Edwards wrote:
> A final thought on this is that in generic programming
> the code is there for all to see. I wonder how we
> would think about the math library if we had access to
> the code? For this reason, I would like to see a
> library of template code that has easily understood
> headers and a pre compile object that the compiler
> understands but is not read by the user. Not that I
> want to keep my code a secret, but I would like to
> present the end user with only the data they need to
> understand. In line functions should also be included.
I've seen at least one implementation of STL where the nonpublic
portions of the headers files were encrypted in a way that the
compiler recognized and could decrypt. My recollection is probably
off, but it seemed to me this was the Rogue Wave headers with the
Borland Visual C++ compiler. So it's been done at least once. I
will be interested also to see how the export keyword is implemented
by different vendors.
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