Re: Base class for grobs and music_elements

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden writes:
>> I am wanting to restructure Music_element to be more Grob-like.  The
>> best way to do this, in my opinion, is to create a base class from
>> which they both inherit.  I have been working on this, but am looking
>> for a good name for this base class.  Currently I am just calling it
>> Propertied_object, but would anyone else be able to come up with a
>> better name?
>
> I have bad experiences with mixing C++ inheritance with GUILE smobs -
> the interactions with virtual functions and GC are hairy, and I see
> little added value except for collapsing a few functions. Why are you
> so keen on changing Music ?

First of all, I made an error in my original post.  The object I
wanted to modify was Audio_element, not Music_element.

Originally, I simply wanted to be able to have properties attached to
Audio_elements.  More specifically, I want to be able to interact
with Audio_elements from scheme code, much the same way as I can
interact with grobs.  I am seeing Audio_elements as the audio
equivalent to the visual grobs.

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Michael Welsh Duggan
(address@hidden)