From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264634AbTDZJJa (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:09:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264635AbTDZJJa (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:09:30 -0400 Received: from wohnheim.fh-wedel.de ([195.37.86.122]:30168 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264634AbTDZJJ3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 05:09:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 11:21:38 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: rmoser Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Coding regulations Message-ID: <20030426092138.GE23757@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <200304252214120970.019AF211@smtp.comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200304252214120970.019AF211@smtp.comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 25 April 2003 22:14:12 -0400, rmoser wrote: > > Yeah just a quick question. Not that I am actually able to code kernel > level drivers (I wish), but when I do code that would be part of one, I would > prefer not to make it a hassle for others to impliment. > > To the point, I tend to do C++ classes, then make a C interface. Makes > it easier for me to program. Now, you may not want to mess with the C++ > and convert it over, plus you may not want C++ code in the kernel. I am > about to start on the compression code for the fast algorithm that may be > used for kernel swap compression and compressed swap-on-ram, assuming > these swap modules are implimented. I don't want to cause any... oddities. > > The C interfaces are just C functions that take a numerical handle which > identifies a class in a self-sorting linked list, as well as all the other data that > goes to each member function of the classes. I can still do it in C alone but > it's a little more work. Just don't wanna mess anyone/anything up. The kernel uses c only (plus a little asm, if there is just no other possibility). If it is trivial for me to convert your c++ to c, I will do that. But since I don't really speak c++, c would be nicer. Jörn -- Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming. -- Rob Pike