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Date:      Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:38:37 +0200
From:      Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
To:        =?iso-8859-15?Q?V=E1clav?= Haisman <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, delphij@delphij.net, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, mag@intron.ac
Subject:   Re: kern/99979: Get Ready for Kernel Module in C++
Message-ID:  <m3sll8bkoi.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
In-Reply-To: <44B2D2DF.2000401@sh.cvut.cz> (=?iso-8859-15?Q?V=E1clav?= Haisman's message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:21:19 %2B0200")
References:  <200607092136.k69LaNDX055391@www.freebsd.org> <84dead720607092015q7f1701abse143f3855c2aa95a@mail.gmail.com> <1152540567.99616@origin.intron.ac> <44B2AE69.4080703@elischer.org> <44B2D2DF.2000401@sh.cvut.cz>

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V=E1clav Haisman <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz> writes:

> Binary compatibility is always a problem, no mater the language used.
> Besides, doesn't the FreeBSD kernel build system always compile all
> modules?

It can be configured in make.conf if you want only a subset of modules.

> Deciding that some features are bad beforehand, before you evaluate them
> is IMO bad idea. Let interested people write a bunch of C++ modules with
> the complete language before deciding on what shouldn't be used.

No, that won't work -- plus you need a bunch of run-time support
(libstdc++ isn't exactly something that belongs into the kernel you know).

--=20
Matthias Andree



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