Extending gcjx visitor pattern

Tue Dec 6 20:47:00 GMT 2005

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Emmel <mike.emmel@gmail.com> writes:

Mike> I was wondering what people would think about extending the gcjx
Mike> visitor to also forward user data.
Mike> visit_method (model_method * method,
Mike> const list<ref_variable_decl> & params,
Mike> const ref_block &block, void * visitorData );
The reason I didn't do this is type safety. I didn't want to add
casts all over to handle the user data.
Mike> On a similar note it would also be nice to annotate the gcjx tree with
Mike> some of my data. There is the aot class but it so far does not seem to
Mike> be the right answer.
I just use a std::map or the like for this kind of thing. It is less
handy in some ways but has other advantages -- it is type safe and it
lets each back end maintain its own state.
Tom