On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 01:42 -0700, Zach Welch wrote: > You beat me to posting a summary thread. > > On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 09:17 +0200, Øyvind Harboe wrote: > > We don't have a way to measure consensus but I belive the current > > consensus can be summarized as: > > > > - OpenOCD stays C for now. There has to be a good plan and > > major upside to budge the status quo. > > I think the community also decided the C vs C99 debate in favor of C99. > > There seems to be genuine interest in using C++, but this debate will > continue to rage on. While I see your claim, I raise you by claiming > that "this trunk branch of OpenOCD will continue using C indefinitely; > any future C++ efforts will emerge from a new trunk branch." > > Anything less fails to deliver a tangible social contract bullet point > that users can bank on. We should not be wishy-washy with this issue; > the words "for now" give false hope to those wanting to use C++ and fail > to reassure those that want OpenOCD to remain C only.
After I hit send, it occurred to me that the word "indefinitely" means exactly the same thing as "for now." Clearly I meant to use the phrase "in perpetuity." Cheers, Zach _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
