linux-kernel - Re: Linux Kernel include files

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:48:12 +0200
From:	Joerg.Schilling@...us.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling)
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	schilling@...us.fraunhofer.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel include files

david@...g.hm wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>
> > Is there some hope that at least the Linux kernel interface definition files and
> > everything recursively included from these files will be rewritten in vanilla
> > ANSI C?
>
> this has been discussed many times and the answer is that the kernel is 
> not gong to change it's side of things to ANSI C.

Well, there is no need to go to ANSI C as pre-ANSI would to it also.
The problem is non ANSI gcc extensions.

> that doesn't mean that one of the many projects out there to create 
> seperate interface headers won't do this.
>
> however, there is another interesting thing going on at the moment. The 
> standards commity is currently deciding what will be in the next rev of 
> the C specs (tentitivly labels C1x for discussions, they are hopeing to 
> release them in '09 or '10)
>
> some of the things that are GCC extentions are going to be added to the 
> spec (ahtough possibly with a change to the syntax)

This may make sense after it did happen, but it does not help today.

> so now is the time to talk to your local reps who go to these meetings and 
> make your suggestions for what should be added to the standard and what 
> should not be.
>
> remember that anything to be added must be implemented somehwere, 
> preferrably by multiple seperate compilers.

Using plain C in the Linux kernel include files would be sufficient for all
compilers that make sense to be supported.


Jörg

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