Re: Push GENERIC farther into C/C++ front ends.

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> > > > > > "Jason" == Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> writes:
>
>
> Jason> IIRC Gaby sent a patch to avoid using C++ keywords, which I
> Jason> supported and Mark didn't.  I don't think it was ever checked
> Jason> in.
>
> I could understand not wanting to support compiling the whole front
> end with a C++ compiler -- after all, the source language is C.  But
> what about making the headers C++-safe, so that a front end could be
> written in C++ if one so desired?
>
> I've been experimenting with this lately.  Right now the block is that
> struct real_value has a field named `class'.  That's easily fixed, but
> given the above I'm wondering whether it will be acceptable...?

If I recall correctly, my concern was that it might be hard to maintain 
the invariant that the code compile as C++.  Therefore, I think that 
what I'd want is to make it a goal that stuff compile as C++, but not 
try to make people check that when making changes.

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