Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Attached is a simple sample showing how I could use boost::any to > | implement the transformation stuff in InsetExternal. > > I do not agree with how you use operatesOn.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm feeling my way here. > Of course this functions really should just throw if wrong factory is > used, and not return a empty ptr in that case Overkill. The empty pointer test is perfectly adequate. > | I think it results in very elegant code, but the killer is the > | try,catch block. The block is needed, so I guess that this means I > | cannot use the appropach within lyx? > > If we all agree that we want to use exceptions, I am all for it. > But that is up to the rest of you. What compilers are preventing us from doing this now? I read that gcc 2.95 supports exceptions and that seems to be our worst case compiler. > But I would rewrite a bit further to make it even simpler... Sure. That's why I post these things ;-) -- Angus
