Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Keith Owens wrote: [...] > Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a > dynamic or static link? > > If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the > module into the kernel, there is no way that modutils will ever support > that. If it is a static link

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Keith Owens wrote: [...] Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a dynamic or static link? If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the module into the kernel, there is no way that modutils will ever support that. If it is a static link then

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Timur Tabi
** Reply to message from Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:43:58 +1100 > Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a > dynamic or static link? > > If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the > module into the kernel, there is

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Ian S. Nelson
Mark Salisbury wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Generic Kernel Geek wrote: > > > > > > C++ sucks for kernel dev, because I say it does. > > the original-original post was somebody asking why not make

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Salisbury
didn't say I wanted to do it, just that it could be done. my point was that a god-awful 365 message flamewar was unnecessary, and removing C++ keywords from system headers is not that big a deal. On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:50:24 -0400, > Mark Salisbury

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:50:24 -0400, Mark Salisbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the original-original post was somebody asking why not make the kernel headers >C++ friendly. >all he wanted was the c++ reserved words removed from / kept out of the headers. >that way, if they for some reason want

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Salisbury
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Generic Kernel Geek wrote: > > > > C++ sucks for kernel dev, because I say it does. the original-original post was somebody asking why not make the kernel headers C++ friendly.

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Keith Owens
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:50:24 -0400, Mark Salisbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the original-original post was somebody asking why not make the kernel headers C++ friendly. all he wanted was the c++ reserved words removed from / kept out of the headers. that way, if they for some reason want to

Re: [Criticism]C++ Flamewar

2000-10-16 Thread Timur Tabi
** Reply to message from Keith Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 17 Oct 2000 00:43:58 +1100 Interesting concept, linking a module with libg++. Would that be a dynamic or static link? If it is dynamic then you can absolutely forget about loading the module into the kernel, there is no way