C++ for the PCU

[Alexander Chemeris]

Hi Holger,

Do you have a clear idea what could be done easier/better/safer with
C++ in this case? I general I'm a big fan of C++ because it's easier
to write safe/better code, but in this exact case we're already deep
into C style and I'm not sure we could change that with a reasonable
amount of effort. If you have concrete proposals, please send them for
discussion. Otherwise I agree that we should change the code to be
pure C, even though I don't like C.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Holger Hans Peter Freyther
<hfreyther at sysmocom.de> wrote:
> Dear Ivan, all,
>
> I started to do work on the PCU and didn't compile C++ for a long time.
> I was surprised how long it takes to compile the code. From my point
> of view we are taking the hit of g++ without really using any of the
> features that C++ vould provide (e.g. no stack variables with automatic
> cleanup..).
>
> From here I wonder if we should use gcc for more speedy compiles or
> if we should use more C++ features (I am not talking STL, operator
> overloading)?
>
> Any opinions?
>
>         holger
>
> PS: I think we should find a more nice solution to extern "C".. I
> spent various minutes trying to figure out which parts of the pcu
> have C linkage and which C++.. For things from libosmocore it is
> obvious.. but then we have the vty_info...
>
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