On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Miles Bader <mi...@gnu.org> wrote: > Gabriel Dos Reis <g...@integrable-solutions.net> writes: >> if this coding standard is going to be adopted as a GNU coding >> convention, then you have to be flexible and allow yourself to see >> beyond the past written in C. You have to ask yourself: how do I >> want the codebase to look like in 10, 15, 20, 25 years. > > Er, sure, but that's obviously not an excuse for simply _ignoring_ the > existing C standard, as nightstrike seemed to be suggesting. For the
I am obviously not suggesting to ignore C or the existing situation. > most part, the existing C standard (with the obvious generalizations > where C++ is a superset) works perfectly fine for C++ too -- and yes, > this is still true even if BS is annoyed by some people's use of > "C/C++" (I get BS's point, but it's silly to read too much into it). I am not speaking for BS. I am arguing for what is good for GCC in long term. I would like to get to the point where we can discuss something positive as opposed to having to denying something I am not doing. > > -miles > > -- > We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo >
