[gtkmm] Re: [sigc] sigc++2 transition?

[Andreas Rottmann <a rottmann gmx at>]

Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt satorlaser com> writes:

> (I'm subscribed to sigc++ but not gtkmm)
> On Sunday 22 June 2003 15:18, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I wonder what the plans about the sigc++2 transition of glibmm/gtkmm
>> are and what issues in sigc++2 still must be fixed before we can
>> start...
>
> (disclaimer: I dont really know what target-platforms gtkmm has currently)
> libsigc++ 2 relied on quite some GCC(3?)isms last time I looked. Without any 
> trollish intent, are you sure you want to sacrifice all other possible 
> target-platforms ?
>
As listed in the sigc++2 TODO, we want to get rid of the mandatory
requirement of typeof(), which is a GCCism indeed (and seeminly has a
bug). A bit of googling [0] has revealed the following discussion
on typeof():

http://groups.google.at/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=fTlH7.2855%24c87.79835%40ozemail.com.au&rnum=2&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Dde%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dtypeof%2Boperator%2BC%252B%252B%26meta%3D%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg


[0] http://groups.google.at/groups?q=typeof+operator+C%2B%2B&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=fTlH7.2855%24c87.79835%40ozemail.com.au&rnum=2

Andy
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