Re: [AD] Documentation system 2009

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On January 10, 2009, Elias Pschernig wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 07:36 -0700, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > On January 10, 2009, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > Luckily the solution is simple.  Since the scripts are trivial, we
> > > might as well write them in C.  Or rather, C++ to use std::string.
> > > Then you wouldn't need to install anything extra on Windows.
> > >
> > > Yes, that's a serious suggestion.
> >
> > I don't mind.
>
> I've never used std::string so no idea how practicable it would be for
> this kind of thing. Also, file/directory handling is only in Boost and
> not the current C++ standard as far as I know - so it might not really
> be so readily available without installing anything extra until the next
> C++ spec is out and compilers widely support it. Maybe we could use A5's
> directory handling instead though.

That seems like a good idea. Its fairly independent from allegro so it could 
easily be linked into whatever program needs it directly.

> Personally I also would have a slight preference for C over C++, but
> that's independent of the above.

Ditto.

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