Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:32:03 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix C++ kernel in include/linux/mtd/mtd.h |
| |
On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:13:59PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Fri 2017-10-06 13:01:16, David Woodhouse wrote: > > On Fri, 2017-10-06 at 14:00 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > > Am Freitag, 6. Oktober 2017, 13:55:14 CEST schrieb Pavel Machek: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's carry it via MTD. > > > > > BTW: Shouldn't it be s/kernel/comment/ in the subject line? > > > > Yes, it should. Can it be fixed while applying? > > > Sure. :) > > > > You can change 'C++' to 'C99' too, while you're at it :) > > No. They are C++ comments... as in... dangerous infection that came > from C++. Yes, C99 is infected, too, but still C++ is original source > of infection :-).
No, it is not. See https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bcpl.html and scans refered therein; let's keep snobbery historically accurate...
IOW, it's not C++ invention - it's BCPL one.
| |