Fancy module loading stuff

gistfile1.txt

class Module {
};

class ModuleInfoBase {
public: 
        const char *name;
        virtual Module* load() const;
        // For the modules linked list
        ModuleInfoBase *next;
};

template<class M>
class ModuleInfo : public ModuleInfoBase {
public: 
        ModuleInfo() {
                registerModule(this);
        }
        virtual Module* load() const {
                return new M();
        }
};

ModuleInfoBase *modules = NULL;

void registerModule(ModuleInfoBase* info) {
        info->next = modules;
        modules = info;
}

Module* loadModule(const char* name) {
        ModuleInfoBase *info = modules;
        while (info) {
                if (strcmp(name, info->name) == 0)
                        return info->load();
        }
}

class TacoModule : public Module {
};

ModuleInfo<TacoModule> tacoInfo;