status of GCC & C++

[Diego Novillo]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 17:36, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com> wrote:
>> The proposed coding guidelines have been published and will evolve
>> (http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/CppConventions).  No point waiting to settle a
>> set of rules that will naturally change over time, as we start using it.
>
> That isn't what was decided when the transition to C++ was proposed though.

Really?  To start *writing* in C++, sure we want at least an initial
version of the coding guidelines.  I pointed to those, because they
look like a reasonable start.

To start *building* in C++, I do not think we need to agree on the
coding guidelines.  We are already doing stages 2 and 3, doing stage 1
is a straightforward next step.

> It was agreed that a set of Coding Conventions would be published before the
> switch to C++.  If you think that the above conventions are in good enough a
> shape to be proposed, then propose them for inclusion in
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/codingconventions.html

This needs to be done, yes.  But not for simply building with C++.


Diego.