From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 7 04:20:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA17307 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 7 May 1997 04:20:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dg-rtp.dg.com (dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com [128.222.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA17281 for ; Wed, 7 May 1997 04:20:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by dg-rtp.dg.com (5.4R3.10/dg-rtp-v02) id AA09025; Wed, 7 May 1997 07:20:16 -0400 Received: from ponds by dg-rtp.dg.com.rtp.dg.com; Wed, 7 May 1997 07:20 EDT Received: from lakes.water.net (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.water.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA00365; Wed, 7 May 1997 06:34:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.water.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) id GAA03145; Wed, 7 May 1997 06:41:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 06:41:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199705071041.GAA03145@lakes.water.net> To: ponds!zeta.org.au!bde, bde@zeta.org.au, ponds!time.cdrom.com!jkh Subject: Re: /usr/include/ftpio.h is not C++ safe Cc: ponds!FreeBSD.ORG!hackers, ponds!barcode.co.il!nadav Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > >Now you might respond "ah, but I was speaking in generalities - I > >didn't mean libftpio specifically so much as I meant any library with > >headers in /usr/include", In which case I could only put my head in my > >hands at the thought of going through all those libraries and adding > >ANSI-variant prototypes, much less making them all C++ safe. > > They all already support K&R except , , , > , , , , , , > , . I.e., all except 0 CSRG-derived headers, 2 > LBL-derived ones (pcap*), 3 Linux-derived ones (dialog, ncurses, unctrl) > and 6 jkh/phk headers (the rest) support K&R. Oops - what about netdb.h and uses of 'const', etc... (which should work, but apparently don't.) > > >I think it's a slippery slope you're trying to negotiate there, Bruce; > >watch your footing. ;-) > > You're on the slope :-). I think we're all there :-) > > Bruce >