Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdcsu!mgardi
From: mgardi@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (M.Gardi - ICR)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: object data type
Message-ID: <5382@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Date: 28 Dec 88 14:34:49 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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I should first mention that I am new to this newsgroup, and as such this
question may have been asked already (or even worse, is a silly question).

I am curious if anyone has a problem with the fact that c++ has a mixture of
object data types, and standard C data types. I have just been looking at
smaltalk and its philosophy of 'everything is an object'.

The reason I am asking is that I am getting a little confused trying to
visualize a really generic queue in C++. Say for instance that an object
pointer is a pointer to an unsigned long. If the queue is then designed to
work on objects defined thus, how does one work on datatypes such as integers,
or doubles etc. Does one have to create a function that converts all defined
datatypes to objects?		

I would really appreciate some comments on this...even if they are merely
intended to clear up some misconceptions I may have...	
p.