On Thursday, 20 December 2012 at 10:15:47 UTC, Benjamin Thaut
wrote:
Am 20.12.2012 10:44, schrieb sclytrack:
@mustcallbefore @mustcallafter
Would these be automatically called in all derived versions?
@autocallbefore @autocallafter
I think @mustcall would suffice, because it won't compile. If
it does not compile the customer will investigate what broke
and fix it (hopefully) appropriately. But of course the other
options would be nice too.
So basically you suggest adding a language feature to cover up
library developer's poorly designed API? IMO, if you want to
provide a frozen API under the current inheritance design, you
should use pimpl design pattern in the first place and not ask
for features to solve the problem after the fact.
