Re: [FreeWRL-develop] Codebase port to c++?

[doug s. <hig...@ho...>]

> 
> Hey all, so spidermonkey-17 is released, which is going to be the last
> spidermonkey that has a C API; after this it's C++ only.
> 
> Should we port freewrl to C++ or freeze our compatibility to
> spidermonkey-1.5 through 17 ?
> 

What do you think Ian? Would you like to keep upgrading or would you prefer a freeze?
-Doug
The last time the freewrl C vs C++ issue came up, C won.
I had done a test where I got freewrl to compile as C++. But then it was just C code that took longer to compile on my slow old machine, and had some awkward areas that would need a rewrite. We do have some C++ at-the-margin: libs and plugins.
I think there are ways to wrap a C++ library with a C interface, if necessary. But that could be more work for the main javascript maintainer - that's been you Ian - with unknown gain in functionality.
My guess: freeze.