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

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Message-ID: <20180913234204.GW19965@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 00:42:04 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] UAPI: Check headers by compiling all together as C++

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 12:27:49AM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > 	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.
> 
> You would deliberately break the UAPI header files to make sure that they
> couldn't be used with C++?

UAPI - no; userland folks can use INTERCAL, for all I care.
Kernel-side, though, it's quite tempting...