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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:19:02 -0500
From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Coding style, C++ compatible code
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To: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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Markus Armbruster wrote:
> Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> writes:
>   
> We can certainly discuss how to write better C, but appealing to the
> authority of the C++ rationale is an argument I don't buy.
>   
C++ compatibility is not a goal of QEMU AFAIK.

We make extensive use of the fact that you can use struct Foo or Foo as 
a declaration via the TAILQ_ENTRY macro.  With your proposal, that macro 
would no longer work.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori