Re: Announcement of new C++11 library to handle measures
Den tirsdag den 7. oktober 2014 22.50.12 UTC+2 skrev Wouter van Ooijen:
peter koch schreef op 07-Oct-14 10:12 PM:
Den tirsdag den 7. oktober 2014 15.04.40 UTC+2 skrev Wouter van Ooijen:
David Brown schreef op 07-Oct-14 2:34 PM:
Yes, compile-time polymorphism is fine. Run-time polymorphism and
virtual functions /can/ be a good thing, and often compare well to
alternatives such as tables of function pointers or large switch
statements. But they should only be used when they really are useful.
In particular, you want to avoid unnecessary layers of abstractions in
embedded systems. It can be tempting to make things like a "GPIO"
class, and then have subclasses like "ActiveLowGPIO" and end up with a
really nice, flexible and extendible hierarchy to isolate application
code from the details of controlling pins on the microcontroller. But
then you find that activating your pin leads to virtual function
lookups, and large amounts of code and runtime when you actually just
wanted a single assembly instruction. Compile-time polymorphism and
careful use of templates with inline functions can give you better results.
been there, done that :)
http://www.embedded.com/design/programming-languages-and-tools/4428377/Objects--No--thanks---Using-C--effectively-on-small-systems-
(I'll give a talk about this at meeting C++ in Berlin)
With all due respect, the article in that link gives an example that is very bad C++ code. A standard solution would not use inheritance - it would use a template resulting in more generic code without any virtual function call overhead.
Which example in the article do you refer to? The first C++ example is
meant to demonstrate that the 'standard' OO solution of classes and
virtual methods is indeed (in most circumstances) not a good idea on a
small chip. Are the last examples what you describe as 'the standard
solution', if not, can you explain the difference?
Wouter
Sorry - I did not realize that there was a page 2 on the link. The second solution is exactly what I meant was the correct C++ solution.
/Peter
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