Sample Code Size Comparison (part 2): C++ vs. C#
Follows is the data I previously posted here, with the addition of the new Single View Editor Reference samples:
Code Lines
Comment Lines
Characters
Semi-colons
Functions
Feature equivalent
C++ Tool Window
828
508
53,858
228
34
C# Tool Window
844
724
63,686
433
49
C++ Menus & Commands
178
222
18,996
38
11
C# Menus & Commands
227
201
20,498
90
10
C++ Services
315
320
28,230
78
15
C# Services
270
289
26,773
101
13
C++ Single View Editor
2,653
1,203
130,689
879
142
C# Single View Editor
3,253
1,620
251,990
1,147
276
Not feature equivalent
C++ Package
81
13,648
7
3
C# Package
204
261
22,284
72
17
Again the flexibility that VSL offers by being distributed as C++ header files, allows it to be added to and changed as needed, where as the MPF binaries are frozen along with the Visual Studio Platform binaries. Another factor is the ability to use multiple inheritance to inherit the implementation for many of the necessary editor interfaces (22 interfaces excluding IUknown, IDispatch, and IConnectionPointContainer).