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<TITLE>RE: [LC++]enum, #define, const, static const, or member const???</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I want to define a certain class type. Objects of this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> type will have an attribute called "kind", indicating what</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> kind of object it is. There will be a finite collection of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> different kinds of object.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Have you thought of RTTI (that's standard C++).</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It's a bit slower, though, as it works off a chain of inheritance</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rather than vtable calls.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Basically, it adds a new entry in the vtable that points to a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>structure describing the type of an object.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Vincent Penquerc'h </FONT>
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