Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 5 May 1996 10:37:23 -0400 (EDT) | From | Hasdi R Hashim <> | Subject | Re: ideas |
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> 3. Use the features in C++ that will allow a more stable kernel > > Okay here is where i am going to get the developers mad at me. How about > converting parts of linux to use C++,
[snip - better C programming]
> Also we could use C++ streams type functions to implement printk calls. I > wonder how many drivers have been broken by stack corruption, by incorrect > params in printk calls. Variable argument function calls are inherently > slower then fixed argument calls.
Hmm... that beats the purpose of printk. It was to designed to be small (smaller than printf). 'sides, using C++ streams and any other classes for that matter tend to bloat up the kernel ever more (as if it has not already)
Hasdi
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