From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262388AbVGFRYc (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:24:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262400AbVGFRW4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 13:22:56 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.201]:24717 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261670AbVGFM6g convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 08:58:36 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kOTQZk3hymDhUo8Qhl/D09Y3rrdKZ8qkezBKIYK94JWz84+LEC3LPgt6eYAC1SkfkI4G70yl8rBTsusxagaeINvXum4trdPcIJX2nAsAaCK/dpBtl/sR/jBR2i/4mzNHBwLQJmdU1qrQfxG4M4PgYC1Z53dRVrSUyUD9tnhQDt4= Message-ID: <9a874849050706055831ec5aae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 14:58:34 +0200 From: Jesper Juhl Reply-To: Jesper Juhl To: Rob Prowel Subject: Re: PROBLEM: please remove reserved word "new" from kernel headers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050706092657.95280.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050706092657.95280.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 7/6/05, Rob Prowel wrote: > [1.] One line summary of the problem: > > 2.4 and 2.6 kernel headers use c++ reserved word "new" > as identifier in function prototypes. > "new" is not a reserved word in C. the kernel is written in C. > [2.] Full description of the problem/report: > > When kernel headers are included in compilation of c++ > programs the compile fails because some header files > use "new" in a way that is illegal for c++. Userspace programs should not include kernel headers directly. But, if you really want it changed I suggest you create a patch and submit that for review/inclusion and see what feedback you get. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html