[SetupXP] The two styles for handling activation refusal

Gary R. Van Sickle g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net
Sun Jul 20 17:54:00 GMT 2003


> Gary's current SetupXP patchset calls 2 member functions on page activation:
> OnActivate (returns void), and OnAcceptActivation (returns bool). I think
> this is unnecessarily messy. AFAICS, OnAcceptActivation only exists to
> prevent the need to change the return type of the existing OnActivate
> function.
> 

Yep.

> I would very much prefer changing OnActivate to return bool, combining the
> purpose of both functions. Yes, this does require changes in all derived
> classes, but the changes are trivial, and the end result is a cleaner, more
> logical API.

That was exactly my originally-submitted patch.  It was refused.

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Gary R. Van Sickle
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