C++ in the kernel

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Wed Oct 31 13:46:41 PDT 2007


In message: <20071030230013.GB33488 at elvis.mu.org>
            Alfred Perlstein <alfred at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: I agree that we can use what's currently in C++, additional things
: we can hack in ourselves and/or propose in the meanwhile.

Most of the C++ features are implemented in libraries, even low level
things like exceptions and rtti.  One can often disable a feature by
refusing to provide the support routines.  No support routine, kernel
can't link, no problems created by naive use :-)

Warner



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