Re: Illegal C++

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Wiz Aus wrote:
> Ok, now I'm trying to actually play with the lilypond code -- but it 
> seems to be full of completely illegal C++ - like trying to cast class 
> member functions to standalone functions etc. etc.
> The cases I've found so far are all very easy to fix, just by adding 
> proxy function definitions in the macros that set these things up, so I 
> can't work out why it would be written like this in the first place.

Because we want to skip the (proxy) function calls for performance reasons.

> Has anyone ever tried to get the code compiling on another C++ compiler?

No, and it has never been our intention to support other compilers.

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