Re: [linux-audio-dev] light C++ set for WAV

From: Lars Luthman <lars.luthman@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Jul 26 2006 - 14:24:02 EEST

On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 12:08 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 09:02:31 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> > > Mmm. For what it's worth, I write mostly C++ but have no problem
> > > with using the libsndfile C API.
> >
> > Most people who really know C++ know enough to be comfortable
> > with pure C. I'm pretty sure you fall into this category.
> >
> > However, I do get emails from some of the more clueless Windiots
> > complaining that libsndfile is written in old-fashioned C instead
> > of nice shiny modern C++. IMNSHO these people should not be allowed
> > anywhere near a language as complex, subtle, and unforgiving as
> > C++ (or for that matter as unforgiving as C).
>
> Heh, I get that from UNIX people too though, I always assumed they were
> trying to wind me up...

But it _would_ be nice to have template functors as callbacks in liblo,
so you wouldn't have to write static wrappers all the time. =)

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