Re: [glob2-devel] Nicowar changed to gradients, requesting tips on update algorithm

[Martin Voelkle]

> > I heard boost had a thing where you could use templates to select an
> > integer type based on the properties you want it to have, which would
> > certainly be the *most* portable solution, since not all systems may
> > have a 16 bit integer in the first place, those typedefs are from SDL
> > right?
>
> Well, that's nice to be portable, but let face some reality, glob2 will
> *never* run on anything that is below 32 bits! So char, short and int can be
> assumed to have the right size. This said, we have always used SDL types
> (Sint32, Uint32, i.e. [S/U]int[size_in_bit]) which is simple, easy to read
> and portable when a specific size is required.
>
> Boost is nice, but there is some time, such as this one, when
> over-templatization is useless.

However, this feature (concepts) is scheduled for the next c++:
http://www.artima.com/cppsource/cpp0x.html

Martin