June 2004 - Posts

• Factor, Don't Complicate

  A reader asks the following question, Sender: bv re: A Question about Copy Constructors in C++/CLI Ok, i have a question. What happens if: suppose you want to make a shallow copy. Ex: ClassX obj(somePtr);//internally obj.m_ptr = SomePtr; Now ClassX obj2(obj); Read More... Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 9:50 AM by slippman | 7 Comments

• Putting C++ and the CLI in Perspective

  A surprising thread that has emerged has to do with libraries. Here is an representative example, Sender: Dobes ===================================== re: Towards a Natural Theory of Programming Languages I also think that the survival of a language is Read More... Posted Friday, June 04, 2004 8:36 AM by slippman | 6 Comments

• System::String -> std::string

  A reader asks, Sender: Erik Brendengen Is there an easy way to convert from String^ to std::string? Does String ^s = std::string( “bla”).c_str(); work the other way? This is a FAQ, one that I myself bumped into when I had to pass a System::String Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 2:56 PM by slippman | 8 Comments

• A Question of Interopt

  A reader asks the following question, Sender: Richard Hsu Stan, Would you suggest, for those of us who are yet to begin learning MC++, to wait till C++/CLI ships, because we'll not only be learning what will be obsolete syntax, but also a more difficult Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 02, 2004 8:37 AM by slippman | 1 Comments