C23: A Slightly Better C

Re:C23: A Slightly Better C by mgaunard on Sunday January 21, 2024 @04:35PM (#39083311)

I'm not aware of any toolchain limitations; making the kernel compile as C++ is doable with a few trivial patches, and the kernel already is heavily GCC-specific, which supports both C and C++ to the same level.

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Re:C23: A Slightly Better C by riku_iki on Sunday January 21, 2024 @04:38PM (#39083340)

software is complex, and you can't be sure until you run it in mission critical production.

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Re:C23: A Slightly Better C by mgaunard on Monday January 22, 2024 @03:07AM (#39087399)

With the same argument you couldn't upgrade the compiler at all.

Thankfully the Linux kernel development relies on testing instead.

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