Re: unhappy with current.h

[Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Daniele Lugli wrote:

> But let me at least summarize my poor-programmer-not-kernel-developer
> point of view: at present the kernel if a mined field for c++ and i
> understand it is not viable nor interesting for the majority to rewrite
> it in a more c++-friendly way. But why not at least keep in mind, while
> writing new stuff (not the case of current.h i see), that kernel headers
> could be included by c++?

current.h is, indeed, a special case.  #define i j would not be tolerated
simply because it's stupid.  Abuses of preprocessor are generally frowned
upon, but there are passionate wa^H^Hpersons who just can't help themselves
and use e.g. ## for no good reason.

But as for C++... frankly, for all I care it doesn't exist.  As long as
requirements of style happen to reduce problems of C++ programmers -
they are lucky.  But other than that... watch me not care.  In the linux
kernel context C++ is obscure language and it will stay that way.  Ergo,
no reasons to spend any mental efforts on being nice to it.  Deal.