Re: linux headers and C++

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:51:17 +0200


Jonathan Grimm wrote:
> I may be dense but why noy write your code in c++ run it thorugh the
> preprocessor to convert to c then compile with gcc.

I don't know of any free c++ to c preprocessors. You do?

> Do this by hand so that g++
> won't disable the c functionality.

Sure I can rewrite _all_ the code. Kinda misses the point I feel.

What c functionality is disabled by g++?
I can think of: case ranges, nested functions & labelled initialisers.
Nothing that's used by the kernel yet.

-- Jamie

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