> pimpl went out of style maybe a decade ago This is a meaningless statement. As others in this discussion already stated repeatedly, pimpl is a very basic and

> pimpl went out of style maybe a decade ago This is a meaningless statement. As others in this discussion already stated repeatedly, pimpl is a very basic and fundamental C++ idiom that is pervasive in all application, and some frameworks are notorious for using them extensively even right now, as is the case of Qt. At most, all you can claim is that you developed an irrational dislike of pimpls, but developers are renowned for making poor decisions and even introducing bugs, so it's worth what it's worth. I mean, some developers even in this day and age still complain about the whole notion of design patterns. Are these blends of opinions worth taking into consideration?