[Rock-dev] Inheritance in base/types - the natural way to go?

[Sascha Arnold]

Hi,
this normally means that the type has been altered. You can convert log 
files containing types with an outdated definition using rock-convert to 
the current one.

Best regards
Sascha

Am 14.04.2015 um 14:01 schrieb Javier Hidalgo Carrió:
> On 10.04.2015 21:02, Sylvain Joyeux wrote:
>>> This would help different data-type port connections by subtype
>>> polymorphism.
>> No it would not, because connections cannot currently be made between
>> ports of two different types.
>>
>> Let me say that again:
>>     if you  have OutputPort<A> and InputPort<B> with A != B (with !=
>> being defined strictly, not "can be converted to" but "is really
>> really the same") then RTT will not accept the connection
>>
>> Or, another way:
>>     RTT port connections don't support data conversions
> Thanks for the explanation. It would explain this:
>
> typelib.rb:273:in `from_ruby': the types have the same name but
> different definitions: /base/samples/Joints <-> /base/samples/Joints
> (Typelib::ConversionToMismatchedType)
>
> Javier.
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