linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] UAPI: Check headers by compiling all together as C++

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Date:   Thu, 13 Sep 2018 23:15:47 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] UAPI: Check headers by compiling all together as C++

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:01:24AM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > Don't tempt me...
> 
> <= g++-8 doesn't support C99 style initializers.
> g++-8 mostly does: for example
> 
> 	.foo = {
> 		[BAR] = 1,
> 	},
> 
> doesn't work, but regular .foo = 42 does.
> Additionally, g++ makes noise about order of initializators.
> C++20 is supposed to make things better.

	It's too early for AFD postings.  And you *are* tempting
me to throw into the tree as many anti-C++ devices as can be
done tastefully, just to stop somebody attempting that insanity
in the earnest.