Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> You're just too clever for me ;-) However, static member > Angus> functions can't inherit > > Why is that?
That's just the way the language works. > Angus> If you want to do something like that, then some sort of > Angus> indirection with "class os" hiding a member variable, is > Angus> inevitable I fear. > > Angus> Anyway, the principle point remains. Do you want to do this in > Angus> the 1.3.x series or should we leave that as "ugly but working"? > > OK, forget about that for the moment. It was just an idea that is not > needed now. What I do intend to do is follow up your idea of creating os_cygwin.C. First, however, let's get the functionality into the existing os_win32.C. It'll help us see what the differences between cygwin and windows are. -- Angus
