Re: [GD-General] Compile times

[Javier A. <ja...@py...>]

Brian Hook <bri...@py...> wrote:

> And C++ hierarchies, to coin a phrase from Scott Bilas, tend to
> "harden" over time.

Yeah, make as little use of hierarchies as possible. In general, avoid any
kind of dependencies between your classes. It's a code design issue, not so
much a C++ issue. (read below)

> But in the process of writing them
> in ANSI C and acutely examining the dependencies that existed, I
> found that I was writing MUCH cleaner code, and not just because I
> expected others to read the code.

I believe this has more to do with your experience in both languages than
anything else. You've huge experience writing C code, but (from what I can
infer) little experience working with large C++ codebases. What's worse, C++
can be badly used in more varied and obscure ways than C or other simpler
languages, and some design philosophies even encourage these uses.

Flat hierarchies, single inheritance and interfaces all make your life damn
easy.

  Javier Arevalo
  Pyro Studios