On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> wrote:
> On 28.11.2012 17:15, Philip Martin wrote: > > Branko Čibej <br...@wandisco.com> writes: > > > >> On 28.11.2012 15:39, br...@apache.org wrote: > >>> Author: brane > >>> Date: Wed Nov 28 14:39:42 2012 > >>> New Revision: 1414728 > >>> > >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1414728&view=rev > >>> Log: > >>> Getting sidetracked for a bit: create placeholder and update build for > >>> a future high-level C++ API for Subversion, based on the same > principles > >>> as JavaHL. > >> Lest anyone become too worried about this: I'm not going to let this > >> project divert my attention from getting 1.8 out the door. I had this > >> idea on the back burner for a long time, and just now found a bit of > >> time when I had to clear my head; so I decided to at least get the build > >> infrastructure in place. > > How does this compare to Hyrum's "object model"? > > > > notes/object-model.txt > > ^/subversion/branches/object-model > > I don't know yet. I'll be looking at that more closely when the time > comes, but I'll also take notes from JavaHL. I feel it's important that > we hide the details of the C API (for example, its dependency on APR) > from this high-level interface. The object model stuff is probably a bit dated, but some of the ideas probably still hold. If there's anything I learned through that experience, it was that we'll probably need to use something like pimpl for any type of backward compatibility within the C++ bindings themselves. Ugh. -Hyrum
