There are a couple of problems with C++: - there is no consensus to use it for OpenOCD. This will be *hard* to arrive at since there are a lot of deeply embedded developers that we need for OpenOCD to succeed. - there is a lot of messy & nasty C++ libraries. I'd hate to see something as simple as OpenOCD go overboard with cryptic usage of templates, boost, stl, etc. libraries - today OpenOCD can compile easily on deeply embedded OS's, such as eCos, with C++ that gets a bit harder.
I believe that OpenOCD would benefit from some restrained and cool-headed usage of C++ instead of all these virtual method tables analogues, lack of exception handlnig and less than robust resources tracking.... Perhaps define strict rules for what C++ features & libraires that are acceptable -- Øyvind Harboe PayBack incident management system Reduce costs and increase quality, free Starter Edition http://www.payback.no/index_en.html _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
