[Bro] Generics without templates ?
Vern Paxson
vern at icir.org
Fri Aug 3 09:02:31 PDT 2007
> I was wondering why the concept of generics has been implemented via
> #define hacking in some of the code
Because those parts are very old.
> If there aren't any advantages shall I refractor it
> out of the code for the sake of future newbie's like me?
I don't view this as a priority. That code is now very stable and the
development team knows how to work with it. It's also not code that most
newbies need to try to understand (though I can appreciate your stress at
doing so).
Vern
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