Re: great c++ question
John Harrison wrote:
Gianni Mariani wrote:
Amar Kumar Dubedy wrote:
implement a c++ class such that it allows us
to add data members at runtime.
This is usually implemented as a map like so:
#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <at_any.h> // or boost any
struct Extensible
{
std::map< std::string, at::Any<> > m_members;
};
Extensible a;
int main()
{
a.m_members[ "new_member" ] = at::ToAny( 5 );
}
If you want to enforce that every Extensible object has the same members
it gets a little more complex but nothing too hard.
Well this last sentence is the point.
And it still remains the case that Extensible has only one data member
'm_members', so this approach is only ever going to be a simulation. But
the original question didn't say anything about simulation.
I still think the correct answer is 'impossible in C++'.
john
i just proved it was possible. don't get stuck with plain old data types.
C++ is OO, where you create types as needed, which is really the whole idea
with C++. Keep in mind when creating classes you create new types. Which
can be used in many senses like the plain old data types.
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