blktap3 in C++?

blktap3 in C++?

[Thanos Makatos]

I was wondering whether it would make sense to have blktap3 in C++. I don't have very strong feelings about it; I'd prefer to have it in C++, but it's already written in C and it works. The benefits of having it in C++ would be code clarity and maintainability. I bring this up now because I'm currently cleaning it up, so it's the best time to do it, should we decide to do so.

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Re: blktap3 in C++?

[Keir Fraser]

On 07/09/2012 16:08, "Thanos Makatos" <thanos.makatos@citrix.com> wrote:

> I was wondering whether it would make sense to have blktap3 in C++. I don't
> have very strong feelings about it; I'd prefer to have it in C++, but it's
> already written in C and it works. The benefits of having it in C++ would be
> code clarity and maintainability. I bring this up now because I'm currently
> cleaning it up, so it's the best time to do it, should we decide to do so.

Leave it be, and learn how to write maintainable C code!

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Re: blktap3 in C++?

[Joseph Glanville]

On 8 September 2012 01:21, Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org> wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 16:08, "Thanos Makatos" <thanos.makatos@citrix.com> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering whether it would make sense to have blktap3 in C++. I don't
>> have very strong feelings about it; I'd prefer to have it in C++, but it's
>> already written in C and it works. The benefits of having it in C++ would be
>> code clarity and maintainability. I bring this up now because I'm currently
>> cleaning it up, so it's the best time to do it, should we decide to do so.
>
> Leave it be, and learn how to write maintainable C code!

Hehe a personal opinion is that C is a more readable/maintainable
language because it is fundamentally simpler. :)

With that said, where can I find the source for blktap3? is it in the
xen-unstable.hg?

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>> Thanos Makatos

Cheers,

Joseph.

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Re: blktap3 in C++?

[Thanos Makatos]

Blktap3 is not yet in xen-unstable, I'm working on cleaning it up. You can find it here: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-08/msg00853.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Glanville [mailto:joseph.glanville@orionvm.com.au]
> Sent: 07 September 2012 22:09
> To: Keir (Xen.org)
> Cc: Thanos Makatos; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] blktap3 in C++?
> 
> On 8 September 2012 01:21, Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org> wrote:
> > On 07/09/2012 16:08, "Thanos Makatos" <thanos.makatos@citrix.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I was wondering whether it would make sense to have blktap3 in C++.
> I
> >> don't have very strong feelings about it; I'd prefer to have it in
> >> C++, but it's already written in C and it works. The benefits of
> >> having it in C++ would be code clarity and maintainability. I bring
> >> this up now because I'm currently cleaning it up, so it's the best
> time to do it, should we decide to do so.
> >
> > Leave it be, and learn how to write maintainable C code!
> 
> Hehe a personal opinion is that C is a more readable/maintainable
> language because it is fundamentally simpler. :)
> 
> With that said, where can I find the source for blktap3? is it in the
> xen-unstable.hg?
> 
> >
> >> --
> >> Thanos Makatos
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Joseph.
> 
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> CTO | Orion Virtualisation Solutions | www.orionvm.com.au
> Phone: 1300 56 99 52 | Mobile: 0428 754 846