Re: C++ in inetutils?

[Jeff Bailey]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 09:18:27PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> > We have traditionally stuck to C for inetutils.  Since we've
> > recently declared that we don't actively support some of the
> > weirder targets (like CRAY), is it acceptable to use C++ for
> > certain applications/libraries?

> How about letting autoconf figure it out and make lack of C++
> compiler a non-critical failure (but just disable the C++
> components)?

That's what I'm thinking.  There are two possible outcomes of the
decision to okay C++:

1) It gets used for this library/toolset only.

2) We feel free to use C++ anywhere in Inetutils.

I would like #1 to happen.  I don't mind if #2 happens.  The systems
that we've declared as our primary targets have gcc as the default
compiler now.

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