linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: rename "catch" function argument

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Message-Id: <20200416200424.55d0cf47de72efaac445f307@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:04:24 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: rename "catch" function argument

On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:21:55 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 09:07:27PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 00:09:05 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > "catch" is reserved keyword in C++, rename it to something
> > > both gcc and g++ accept.
> > 
> > Why? Is someone compiling the kernel with g++?
> 
> I do!
> https://marc.info/?l=linux-acpi&m=158343373912366&w=4
> 

Lol.  But why?