[orbitcpp-list] orbitcpp proof of concept

[Phil D. <ph...@or...>]

Hi Andreas, Ron and everybody,

I've finally uploaded a copy of my little proof-of-concept prototype for
the new ultra-thin orbitcpp architecture onto the ftp site.
ftp://orbitcpp.sourceforge.net/pub/orbitcpp/
This basically uses the binary compatibility between C and C++ objrefs
to eliminate the need for stateful wrapper instances for things like orb
and poa. Instead, the C++ object has the same binary footprint as the C
one, and so the two are interchangable using reinterpret_casts. If you
have a look at the actual method implementations in Object.cc, ORB.cc
etc.. you'll see how this works.

I adapted the string example to demonstrate how the stubs would look
under the new regieme.

BTW, To implement the prototype I just ripped off the old ORBit-C++
runtime code - it's still in need of a rewrite to clean things up. 

Cheers,

Phil

P.S. I'll try and have a good look at the idl compiler code in o2cpp
tomorrow night with a view to setting up a new source repository.