Re: [PATCH 00/45] C++: Convert the kernel to C++

Jiri Slaby
2024-01-10T08:58:57Z

Hi,

On 09. 01. 24, 20:57, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> What really makes me say that is that a lot of things we have recently
> asked for gcc-specific extensions are in fact relatively easy to
> implement in standard C++ and, in many cases, allows for infrastructure
> improvement *without* global code changes (see below.)
>
> C++14 is in my option the "minimum" version that has reasonable
> metaprogramming support has most of it without the type hell of earlier
> versions (C++11 had most of it, but C++14 fills in some key missing
> pieces).

If you mean it, I do too. So I can only express my +1: yes, please.

I don't have much to add as you summarized most of it.

thanks,
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