[Swig-devel] DOH vs. stl

[Josh C. <jc...@nc...>]

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, William S Fulton wrote:

> The octave.cxx source file uses the C++ standard library, namely map and
> string headers. Can you please replace this usage with the String and
> Hash types asap so that we can release? Currently we use the DOH types
> instead of the standard library.

I'm wondering about the reason for banning stl.  In a way it's none of my 
business since I'm not a developer.  On the other hand, I'm a 
representative of non-developers who are likely to contribute code, which 
I presume is to be encouraged.  I know that some things will have to use 
DOH to work with what's already there, but I find it a hindrance that I 
can't use the stl in other cases.  Both inherent ease of use and 
familiarity favor stl for me, and, I imagine, most C++ programmers.

On a related note, I imagine that introduction of a smart pointer for DOH 
objects would make coding much easier and prevent many memory leaks.

Josh