Dear GCC developers, I'm looking into creating a C++ coding standard for GNU programs. See below for the CFV (which you therefore might have already read by being on the other list; if so, sorry for the duplication).
I'd be particularly interested in the question of whether the coding standards for GCC (i.e. https://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/codingconventions.html) would be usefully adopted by GNU projects (written in C++) generally. If we can re-use the existing standard for GCC, that might reduce the overall size of the effort and reduce the likelihood of making choices with unanticipated consequences. Supposing you support the idea, I think you would likely be able to provide valuable context on what has worked (or, perhaps, not) in the GCC coding standard and to what extent you think this might be useful elsewhere in GNU. If you can volunteer to help this effort, please let us know (by replying on this thread). Thanks, James. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: James Youngman <j...@gnu.org> Date: Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:04 PM Subject: CFV: "C++ programming in GNU" interest group (possibly including coding standard development) To: Antonio Diaz Diaz <anto...@gnu.org>, Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>, Niels Möller <ni...@lysator.liu.se> This email is BCC'ed to <gnu-prog-disc...@gnu.org> so that the members of that list know what's happening. If you are on the To: line, my understanding is that you have volunteered to participate in discussions regarding the use of C++ in GNU projects. If you are not on the To: line, my understanding is that you have not volunteered to participate. I understand that despite this you might be interested in hearing about how things are going. I propose to provide updates to <gnu-prog-disc...@gnu.org> but I'm not asking people who simply want to get updates to do anything at this point. Hence, if you don't want to work on this, you can stop reading now. For those still reading, first, thanks for volunteering to help. I would like to start by asking you to suggest other GNU developers who might also be interested in this area. I'd like to ensure that we consult widely across GNU so that we can get input (and ideally, help) from any GNU developers wishing to be involved. Getting input from a wide group will also help to ensure that we don't end up adopting a narrow view and perhaps proposing a coding standard that's simply not broadly useful to GNU projects in general. If you want to invite someone who you believe might be interested, CC them on this thread (feel free to ask them about it first if you're not sure) or invite them to join the mailing list once it has been created. If you are not after all interested in participating yourself, please say so on this thread so that the other volunteers know to stop CCing you. I propose to discuss our next steps on a separate mailing list and invite additional volunteers to join it, so that we don't generate too much traffic on <gnu-prog-disc...@gnu.org>. The mailing list will need a name. Please send suggestions to me directly. After a short time I will mail you all with the list of suggestions and we can find a consensus. In our discussions, we might also touch on some related matters (e.g. whether there might be resources other than a coding standard that might be generally useful to C++ projects in GNU, or tools already in GNU that would be of particular use in C++ development). Any suggestions would be welcome, simply go ahead. TL;DR: 1. Thanks for volunteering to help. Let us know if you don't actually want to. 2. Please invite others to participate. CC them, or invite them to join the list. Thanks, James Youngman.
