Hi! Is there a plan to allow the use of C++ libraries with FPC?
Now C libraries can be used and many of them have Pascal mappings. It seems C++ libraries can be used somehow, too. I was looking at qt-library mappings for the Lazarus project. All the classes' methods were mapped into "flat" global functions which had a handle (the self-pointer) as their first parameter. I was hoping to use the classes defined in C++ directly as Object Pascal classes. This could be a stupid question. There may be big technical obstacles doing it. Like multiply inheritance and C++ templates which should be supported somehow. My idea was to use a more sane language for programming with the great C++ libraries that exist (like qt). C++ just has so much weight from its history and from the standards committees. Many people use Python and other dynamic language bindings for those libraries for the same reason. However they carry a big performance and memory penalty which is often too much. A language like Object Pascal (maybe with some extensions) would be a perfect match there. Where can I find more information related to the FPC libraries? If anyone has other similar ideas, please let me know. Regards, Juha Manninen _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
