>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Angus> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: >> A little digression: instead of our current os:: namespace, >> wouldn't it be better to have a hierarchy of os_foo classes with >> static methods, so that some environment could inherit others (like >> cygwin = unix + some stuff). The some of the code from this init >> method could be moved to os_foo.C files. Angus> You can't have static virtual member functions, but you could Angus> have either a "class os" (à la 13x) or a "namespace os" (à la Angus> 14x) that hid the implementation: Did I say virtual? I thought of static member functions and os.h would do #if in unix #include "os_unix.h" typedef os_unix os; #else if in win32 #include "os_win32.h" typedef os_win32 os; ... JMarc
