Re: Breaking the 10-limit : Problems/Questions for Windows build

Hello Jean-Philippe (and others),

Op Sunday 13 April 2008 11:12:30 schreef Annick et Jean-Philippe:
> Hi, Mart, Wolf-Dieter and all.
>
> Even better, may be :
> - again, 2 kinds of modules :
>    * the the current one, with a maximum of 10 interfaces
>    * a new one, with unlimited nb of interfaces
> - the first kind is totally unchanged
> - the second kind keeps its 'extern "C" void <module name>(tModInfo*)'
> entry point, with usual implementation
>    but it has a new 'extern "C" unsigned int <module name>_NbItf()' DLL
> function that simply returns the number of interfaces it publishes
>    (= number of cars for a robot)

I agree that this is a better idea.

> At module load time,
>    1) TGF checks first for the second entry point
>    2) if it finds it, it calls it and get the real number of interfaces
>    3) if it does not find it, it assumes this number is MAX_MOD_ITF (10)
>    4) then it dynamically allocates the array of tModInfo
>       with the determined size, and pass it to the normal entry point
>
> Advantages :
> - no dynamic allocation by the modules => less potential issues with
> alloc/free done with different C libs ...
> - even less changes in robots/modules code
>
> Flaws :
> - ??? => tell me !

I don't see any at the moment.

> Cheers,
>
> Jean-Philippe.

Regards,

Mart

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