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The following code snippets are from the NxOgre libraries. I'm coming from a Java background, and statements like the following just confused me:

Body* body = NxNew(Body)(identifier, this, firstShapeDescription, pose, params);

What's happening on the right side of the equals sign? Is NxNew the class? Is (Body) a cast?

class NxPublicClass SceneParams : Params {

Does this class have two names? I know it a subclass of Params, but why are there two class identifiers?

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Don't worry: no revolution in C++ syntax and semantics. For example, NxPublicClass is a macros defined in NxOgrePlatform.h header. It substitutes sacramental __declspec(dllexport) if the code compiled as DLL. Ignore it if you want to understand this code semantics only.

Obviously, NxNew is a macros (with parameter) too. I don't use NxOgre so I can't say you where NxNew was defined. Try to search on NxOgre forums. It's possible to expand the macros in this position as a some kind of new op, or as a call to a class factory function created a new instance of Body type. Ask the author or search sources.

There are tons of other macros in NxOgre sources. Probably the NxOgre is a wonderful library but its documentation looks like a nightmare. On the other hand library sources are prepared for Doxygen autodoc system - try it if you wish.

I think, the best place for NxOgre discussions is www.nxogre.org site.

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NxPublicClass is a preprocessor macro that gets replaced with __declspec(dllexport) on Windows and gets replaced with nothing on other platforms.

That is, there is # define NxPublicClass __declspec(dllexport) in NxOgrePlatform.h, which says that, before any code is compiled, replace that token with that replacement text.

You could discover this by crawling up the #include chain.

Welcome to C++ :P

commented: You desrve credit for this post - so +1-ing you =P +2
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NxNew is defined in the NxOgreAllocator header as a macro that expands to

::NxOgre::WatchMyPointer<T>(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, 0) = new T

Which means you have

Body* body = ::NxOgre::WatchMyPointer<Body>(__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, 0) = new Body(identifier, this, firstShapeDescription, pose, params);

And __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, and __LINE__ resolve to the file name, function name, and line number.

It's rather obscene that they use pointers directly in the first place.

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Everything makes a lot more sense now, thank you! I'm also surprised by the number of people here familiar with NxOgre library!!!

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Alas, it was my maiden flight over NxOgre landscape...
Google search then fast inet channel - that's all...
Truth to tell, I don't like it...

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