Attached is a "outline source" of a new proposed re-working of the lyxfunc
and lyxaction code. It is obviously incomplete but serves to indicate
where I'm heading.
o no longer is the various parts of a new function spread in four or five
different places. To add a new function means adding it to functions.C,
and (if necessary) a status tester to status_functions.C
o several files are auto-generated with a perl script. This helps
centralise the details of each lyxfunc
o each lyxfunc has doxygen-style commentary (which is also interpreted to
generate the automatic files)
o lyxaction is gone, replaced with lf_container, which is a little more
container-y, and contains no special code for handling the functions (it
is basically a look-up facility)
o each lyxfunction handles itself, include pseudo-action functions
o there's no extra expensive lookup for static functions on dispatch
I would appreciate any comments anyone has got. Is this workable or am I
crazy ? How do people feel about auto-generating files ?
thanks
john
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lyxfunc.tar.gz
