[openbeos] Re: static libs for drivers

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Bruno van Dooren wrote:

> > We need a library that has everything for C++ kernel programming in it.
> 
> personally, i think that kernel programming should be done in C:
> -C compilers are a lot simpler, and thus will contain fewer bugs.

Hmmmm... I don't think there are that many strict C compilers around 
anymore. GCC, for instance is a C/C++ compiler. This seems to be a moot 
point. :)

> -C++ exceptions in a kernel are probably not nice.

They can't be used at all. Nor anything that would require a C+ runtime.

> -C++ contains overhead compared to C. while it is easier to think of
> things as obkects, this also adds overhead, especially if you are going to
> use virtual functions.

I recommend you take a look at the OpenBFS code that is in our CVS 
repository. So far it is smaller, faster (or at least as fast) and, due to 
its C++ nature, easier to maintain than the original BFS (that was written 
in C). Granted it is not 100% complete yet (some missing details and know 
bugs), but what is missing won't add much overhead to it in any sense.

-Bruno

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