[saga-rg] Task model...

[Andre Merzky]

Quoting [Tom Goodale] (Nov 03 2005):
> >>
> >>Well, if the compiler can actually take advantage of that syntactical
> >>convention to apply more efficient optimizations, then that is a
> >>clear advantage to that approach (whether or not I find the syntax
> >>obscure).
> >
> >_S_AGA.  If it is obscure to you or others, its not a good
> >choice.  Performance is a second order issue.  However, as I
> 
> Also, we have not used templates anywhere else in the abstract API, so I 
> think it would be a bad idea to move that way now.  This does not preclude 
> the C++ language binding using such if there is a clear benefit.

Right now, we are only talking about the C++ binding - sorry
if we did not make that clear.  The abstract spec will not
have templates.

Cheers, Andre.


> On a practical note, templates are one of the least
> portable features of C++, especially in libraries (except
> template libraries), and I would strongly urge that we do
> not use them for SAGA.
> 
> Tom


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