linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: fix lists definition for C++

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Message-Id: <1367272454.18069.191@driftwood>
Date:	Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:54:14 -0500
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: fix lists definition for C++

On 04/29/2013 02:28:07 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 04/29/13 10:59, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
> >
> > The C++ compiler is more strict in that it refuses to assign
> > a void* to a struct list_head*.

Given that the code _isn't_ C++ (because C is not a subset of C++ but a  
separate langauge in its own right where "throw" is a legitimate  
variable name and so on), how is this an issue?

Rob--
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