Re: C++ and the kernel

Sean Neakums (sneakums@zork.net)
Tue, 09 Apr 2002 14:55:59 +0100


commence Chris Friesen quotation:

> "Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
>> Making code "cleaner" is a matter of perspective.
>>
>> class A {
>> public: void func(char *st) { cout << st << endl; }
>> };
>> using A::func;
>> A a;
>> a.func("Hello World!");
>>
>> Is not all that clean. In fact, I'm not sure I have it right. It's
>> easier and clearer to write puts("Hello World!");
>
> Your example is needlessly complex, and I'm sure you know this. A more
> realistic comparison would be:
>
> cout << "Hello World!\n";

And of course standard libraries are not available in the kernel, so
you'll most likely end up calling printk anyway in your C++ kernel
code.

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