On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keu...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 02/12/2013 10:53 PM, Gerald Combs wrote: >> On 2/12/13 1:17 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote: >>> On 02/11/2013 06:36 PM, Evan Huus wrote: >>>> Moving just to a C++ compiler shouldn't cause problems for anybody. >>>> While C++ isn't technically a superset of C, it is trivial for C >>>> programmers to avoid the few areas of incompatibility (as far as I >>>> know there are simply a few more reserved words like 'new' to avoid in >>>> variable names). >>>> >>> >>> Add this the the reading list: http://david.tribble.com/text/cdiffs.htm >>> May not be all applicable (C89 and such) but show what a can-o-worms it can >>> be. >>> That's probably where that 7k number comes from. >> >> When starting on the Qt code I found the Google C++ Style Guide to be >> helpful: http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.xml >> Anyone outside of Google probably shouldn't adhere to it strictly but >> it provides clean, concise descriptions on why they do and don't do >> various things. >> >> We should steal the format for README.developer, BTW. > > Interesting read, although... > > "We do not use C++ exceptions." > > This is somewhat of a bummer.
I think their reasoning is fairly sound on this point, but doesn't really apply to the way we already use exceptions. Converting our existing exceptions to C++ equivalents would be a definite win, since we've already got the mechanisms in place to handle them safely. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
