Re: usage of reserved C++-keyword in cthreads.h
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:22:22AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> The authors of cthreads were not trying to bind C++ people. Indeed,
> what they were doing was simply ignoring them. That is, they didn't
> say "ooh, here's a way to screw C++ people", they simply don't
> bother keeping track of the list of C++ reserved words of the week.
> Nor should they: they were writing a C header file.
It's no harder or more complicated than making a header file work with
both K&R and ANSI, especially now that C++ is standardized. It's just
a matter of whether the authors wanted to do so or not.
You've expressed your dislike of C++ before[0] [1] [2] (In case others
want the references), so your desire not to support it isn't
surprising. I just think it's sad, considering that it's both trivial
and generally accepted practice.
[0] http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/333/2000/4/100/3583718/
[1] http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/332/1999/12/50/2954993/
[2] http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/332/1999/2/100/1842376/
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beer"
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