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Re: should GOOPS be built-in?


Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj.nada.kth.se> writes:

> Greg Harvey <Greg.Harvey@thezone.net> writes:
> 
> > Wouldn't that be a bit heavyweight? Structs are heavy enough now, but
> > a goops class would be a bit heavier, as far as I can tell (which
> > isn't to say that structs couldn't use replacing).
> 
> That's right.  Do you think it's important to be able to produce new
> types at high speed?
> 
> For most instances, however, it's a question of one malloc, put in the
> type pointer, and go.

It was instances that I was wondering about; as long as they
aren't significantly larger, it's not a big deal.

-- 
Greg

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