On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Ken Emmons, Jr. wrote: > Hi Adam, > > I am using both C and C++ in my project. I think that hte reason why more people >don't use C++ is that it is a pain in the butt to get working. Also, C++ is a lot >more liberal about things like using malloc and free when doing object declaration in >functions, etc. And malloc and RT don't really mix too well. With RTlinux you >basically have to either do kmalloc in the init_module() or write your own memory >heap allocator. Basically you use static objects for RT. Also, C++ is pretty strict, >so when writing things like IO drivers, you have to cast the heck out of your data in >order to read and write memory and the like. I am only using C++ because of the pass >by reference operator, which I use in my API to pass a reference to and IO variable >that the function will operate on. I may use objects in future api's but they are all >functions now. I think the Real time programing paradigm makes it more difficult to >use higher level tools such as OOP jsut because you need to be more ! aw! > are of what is going on at a hardware level.
Hey regarding your using C++ solely for the reference type.. why not just stick to C and use pointers instead? -Calin -- [rtl] --- To unsubscribe: echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For more information on Real-Time Linux see: http://www.rtlinux.org/
