Re: linux headers and C++

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 13:56:21 -0400 (EDT)


Jes Sorensen writes:

> There is no reason to even try to compile kernel modules with
> C++ since it only makes sense to use the features offered by
> a C compiler within the kernel.

Linux already uses more than a C compiler offers. The best answer
would be to merge gcc and g++, using a config file to enable the
features that Linus approves of. Linux could use "C+" then.

This is a nice g++ feature:

A <? B
is the "minimum", returning the smaller of the numeric
values A and B.

A >? B
is the "maximum", returning the larger of the numeric
values A and B.

Those operators need not have sign-related bugs, eliminating
the objection to (and need for) global min/max macros.

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