Laz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have always been impressed with the quality of the source code for > vdr. It's the first proper C++ application I've had course to look > through in any detail (many, many years of pure C behind me, though!) > and I've pretty much learned all of the C++ I know from Klaus's > well-laid out source code!
i, by no means, want to question klaus' competence as a coder, but to call VDR proper C++ sounds really strange to me. i can accept the source formatting as being a thing of personal taste, maybe even hungarian notation, something i personally find unbearable and wrong from the ground up, but the refusal to use the STL in a C++ project leaves me dumbfounded. i CAN absolutly understand why klaus codes VDR as he does. writing a string class or a linked list is fun sometimes and as long as VDR stays a one man show it is only up to him to decide. keeping the closed development process makes things much easier for him and avoids long arguments about personal preferences. if i had an GPL project that size, i would probably do the same. do i like the way VDR is developed? hell, no! nevertheless it is, what it is. a very usable and stable program for watching, recording and replaying TV shows with a dvb card. > If a new feature is needed, a lot can be achieved with plugins, or > create a patch and forward on to Klaus and the list. maintaining patches over multiple revisions in a coding style that is orthogonal to your own, waiting for it to get eventually merged upstream some day, is not something many peaople like. just my 2 cents ... clemens _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
