On 9 June 2016 at 11:38, Daniel Kolesa <dan...@octaforge.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Jean-Philippe André <j...@videolan.org> > wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > > > On 8 June 2016 at 23:51, Daniel Kolesa <dan...@octaforge.org> wrote: > > > >> q66 pushed a commit to branch master. > >> > >> > >> > http://git.enlightenment.org/core/efl.git/commit/?id=b87c4f6de82065b22c2dab32acf27afcbd3824cb > >> > >> commit b87c4f6de82065b22c2dab32acf27afcbd3824cb > >> Author: Daniel Kolesa <d.kol...@osg.samsung.com> > >> Date: Wed Jun 8 15:49:09 2016 +0100 > >> > >> eolian: refine the ref system to suit more cases > >> > >> Now references are first class (but still restricted to one level). > >> Unlike > >> pointers they only mark the type instead of introducing a whole new > >> type. > >> > > > > > > Are these changes just cleaning up the internals of Eolian, or are there > > some conceptual changes with EO files? > > > > I think I saw a previous patch introducing @ref but this tag was for > > documentation, right? > > While here it sounds like you're talking about reference a la eo_ref? > > > > Is there something we need to know for the interfaces? > > They're references as in C++ references or Rust borrowed pointers > (i.e. they allow you to pass a value argument by reference, for > example), they change the Eolian syntax, and will eventually replace > pointers as they are in Eolian right now. In comparison to pointers > they're more restricted (can only be used in certain contexts, cannot > be nested) so they're easier to handle in bindings. Once I settle with > semantics for refs, migration will happen (away from pointers) and > pointers will be removed. >
I thought most pointers had already been removed from EO? Anyway what I know from C++ references is basically that they can't be NULL. That's a pretty strong constraint when the implementation is all in C :) Looking forward to seeing more information and use cases for those refs. -- Jean-Philippe André ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
