* Another grand 2003 update.

[lilypond.git] / flower / include / virtual-methods.hh

diff --git a/flower/include/virtual-methods.hh b/flower/include/virtual-methods.hh
index f38d85293410fbabf017f9f03037b8885ce824ce..61294e885ed74aae57b6811dd73ffbc36c1042d5 100644 (file)
--- a/flower/include/virtual-methods.hh
+++ b/flower/include/virtual-methods.hh
@@ -1,46 +1,50 @@
 /*
-  class-name.hh -- declare 
+  virtual-methods.hh -- declare macros for our do-it-yourself RTTI
 
-  source file of the LilyPond music typesetter
+  source file of the Flower Library
 
-  (c) 1997 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@stack.nl>
+  (c)  1997--2003 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
 */
 
 
-#ifndef CLASS_NAME_HH
-#define CLASS_NAME_HH
+#ifndef VIRTUAL_METHODS_HH
+#define VIRTUAL_METHODS_HH
 
-/** a macro to declare the classes name as a static and virtual function.
-  The static_name() can *not* be inlined (this might have the effect that 
-  s->name() != S::static_name(). Overlapping strings need not be merged in C++
+#include <typeinfo>
+
+#define classname(class_ptr)   demangle_classname (typeid (* (class_ptr)))
+
+const char *
+demangle_classname (std::type_info const &);
+
+/**
+
+   Virtual copy constructor. Make up for C++'s lack of a standard
+   clone () function.  Uses a typeof hack.  Usage:
+
+   class Foo : Baseclass {
+       VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS (Baseclass);
+   };
+   
  */
-#define NAME_MEMBERS() \
-static char const *static_name();\
-virtual bool is_type_b(const char *)const; \
-virtual char const *name() const{ return static_name(); } \
-int a_stupid_nonexistent_function_to_allow_the_semicolon_come_out()
-
-#define IMPLEMENT_STATIC_NAME(c)\
-    char const *c::static_name() { return #c; } 
-
-#define VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS(T, R)\
-  virtual R *clone() const { return  new T(*this); } \
-
-#define IMPLEMENT_IS_TYPE_B(D)                                                            \
-  bool D::is_type_b(const char *s)     const                                      \
-{                                                                                 \
-    return s == static_name();                                                    \
-}                                                                                 
-                                                                                  
-#define IMPLEMENT_IS_TYPE_B1(D,B)                                                 \
-  bool D::is_type_b(const char *s)const                                                   \
-{                                                                                 \
-    return s == static_name() || B::is_type_b(s);                                 \
-}                                                                                 
-#define IMPLEMENT_IS_TYPE_B2(D, BA, BB)                                                   \
-  bool D::is_type_b(const char *s)     const                                      \
-{                                                                                 \
-    return s == static_name() || BA::is_type_b(s) || BB::is_type_b(s); \
-}
-
-#endif // CLASS-NAME_HH
+
+/*
+  fix constness: gcc-2.95 is correct in defining
+  
+    typeof (*this)
+    
+  in a const member function to be const
+*/
+#define VIRTUAL_COPY_CONS(base) \
+  virtual base* clone_const_helper () \
+    { \
+      return new typeof (*this) (*this); \
+    } \
+  virtual base* clone () const \
+    { \
+      base* urg = (base*)this; \
+      return urg->clone_const_helper (); \
+    }
+
+
+#endif /* VIRTUAL_METHODS_HH */