Re: Compiling C++ modules

[Avi Kivity]

Bongani Hlope wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 April 2006 18:46, Avi Kivity wrote:
>   
> > Should you want to allocate from the heap, try this:
> >
> > {
> >     spinlock_t::guard g(some_lock);
> >     auto_ptr<Foo> item(new (gfp_mask) Foo);   /* or pass a kmem_cache_t */
> >     item->do_something();
> >     item->do_something_else();
> >     return item.release();
> > }
> >
> >     
>
> I love C++, but you have to stop it now. Imagine how many auto_ptr<Foo> will 
> you use inside your kernel. The compiler will need to create a separete class 
> for each. Using templates in the kernel will be plain silly.
>   
auto_ptr<>'s are fully inlined so their impact is nil.

(And actually I dislike C++, it only looks good next to C)

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