From: Jon S. B. <jon...@co...> - 2009-04-05 14:01:53
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> Count me in as "some people" From the e-mail traffic on this list, > "some people" also include some very talented developers: > > ?Jon Berndt: > "I always came back to the conclusion that (vectors) would be a really > bad idea. And it still is." The more information I get about the proposal to support vectors as stated, the less concerned I am. FlightGear uses properties pretty much for data input as far as I can tell. JSBSim does that, but also generates properties on the fly and connects them up at runtime and performs specified function operations (of any complexity) on them. Having to handle type checking on anything other than the double which is assumed might complicate things. If the new changes are backwards compatible in code, then it may not end up being a problem. JSBSim uses some elements of simgear (properties and xml handling), and if the props.[ch]xx code (for instance) gets changed a lot, I'm concerned that it may negatively impact our operations. I understand that it should not impact us, and that we should be OK. But, sometimes in coding there are side effects and unintended consequences, and given the magnitude of the proposed change, I'm sure we'll proceed with due diligence. JB |