Module-based programming

JS js.mdnq at gmail.com
Fri Jul 26 04:42:25 PDT 2013


On Friday, 26 July 2013 at 09:12:27 UTC, Land wrote:
> I'm confused when it comes to modules.
>
> I've read somewhere that modules are basically 'singleton
> classes' and that anything that doesn't need its own state 
> should
> not needlessly be put inside a class.
>
> But what if I want to create a simple OpenGL shader object. Do I
> create a class like this:
>
> class Shader
> {
>      // Method
>      // Method
>      // Method
>      // Method
>
>      // Field
>      // Field
>      // Field
> }
>
> Or do I have a structure that I operate on via module methods?
> (C-style, basically)
>
> struct Shader
> {
>      // Field
>      // Field
>      // Field
> }
>
> // Method
> // Method
> // Method
> // Method
>
> It's probably clear to you guys, but I'm stumped.
>
> Thanks for any answers

Non-member methods require you to pass the object you want to 
modify... do you really want to do all that extra typing? It's 
your choice... you wanna program in C or C++?


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