[openbeos] Re: static libs for drivers

On Mon, 19 May 2003, Axel Dörfler wrote:

> "Ingo Weinhold" <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Tyler Dauwalder <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > You know, perhaps it would be good if we gathered together a nice
> > > little collection of generic data structures for kernel usage.
> > > Unless
> > > we feel like making the STL available in the kernel; I do miss it
> > > from time to time... :-)
> > Hehe. Yep, I also think, it would be a good idea to collect some
> > generics. The main challenge will be to find a common level of
> > abstraction. The latest classes I wrote are probably a bit too
> > flexible, which makes them less convenient to use. Earlier ones were
> > very simple to use (with like one and only one template parameter),
> > but
> > were not applicable (or less performant,...) in some situations. I'm
> > still struggling to find the balance.
>
> In any way, it would be nice to have something like this. Although I
> think it could be nice to have them in plain C and put them into
> modules ready for use by driver writers?

I don't see any problem why both a C and C++ interface couldn't be
provided. So, if someone writes those C structure and functions... ;-)

CU, Ingo

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