From: Marcin Kalicinski (kalita_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-28 08:43:03
Hi Alexander,
My answer is quite short, but I discovered a major flaw with the approach
you propose, and it renders most of it unimplementable. Please see below:
> May be it will be interesting to compare another approach to the proposed
> Property Tree Library.
> class basic_registry_proxy
> {
> public:
> ...
> template<class T> virtual bool get(const path, T&) const = 0;
> template<class T> virtual bool set(const path, T&) = 0;
No can do. Virtual functions cannot be templates!
This rules out automatic type conversions. It would have to rely on
something else to provide it.
Best regards,
Marcin