Re: [Plib-devel] C++ Philosophy Question

[Dave M. <dp...@ef...>]

I recently asked some related questions so i'll share what I know:

*** Naming conventions:

for public symbols in PLIB module 'XX' (where 'XX' is: SL, SSG, SG, PU, FNT):

#define's, enum tags                 XX_ALL_CAPITALS 
functions/classes/structs/typedefs   xxMixedCase

For private symbols, I use all_lowercase unless they would pollute
the name space - in which case I use a leading underscore _xxMixedCase

*** Dependencies

To use PLIB you need only GLUT, OpenGL and C++.
keeping more dependencies out of PLIB is a design goal

STL would just be another dependency
If you just need a list you can make it yourself
like the ssgVertexArray

*** templates, exceptions, references, operator overloading

like honey. icky sticky stuff.  can't see why pooh bears like it
once in a while it can be handy but
might as well keep it simple in a portable library like PLIB

*** namespaces

i like them. any thoughts?