[saga-rg] Task model...
Andre Merzky
andre at merzky.net
Thu Nov 3 18:39:37 CST 2005
Quoting [Tom Goodale] (Nov 03 2005):
> >>
> >>Well, if the compiler can actually take advantage of that syntactical
> >>convention to apply more efficient optimizations, then that is a
> >>clear advantage to that approach (whether or not I find the syntax
> >>obscure).
> >
> >_S_AGA. If it is obscure to you or others, its not a good
> >choice. Performance is a second order issue. However, as I
>
> Also, we have not used templates anywhere else in the abstract API, so I
> think it would be a bad idea to move that way now. This does not preclude
> the C++ language binding using such if there is a clear benefit.
Right now, we are only talking about the C++ binding - sorry
if we did not make that clear. The abstract spec will not
have templates.
Cheers, Andre.
> On a practical note, templates are one of the least
> portable features of C++, especially in libraries (except
> template libraries), and I would strongly urge that we do
> not use them for SAGA.
>
> Tom
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