[openbeosnetteam] Re: PPP: dial-on-demand
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 04:39:25 +0200 CEST
"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> That is very very true. Therefore we should try to make a C++
> netstack.
> I hear some people cry "no, some will not like C++", but maintaining,
> understanding and reading the code is far easier than with any C
> stack.
> Nathan's netstack can be much cleaner than any C stack, IMHO.
> Putting everything into small objects and assigning good names and
> using
> inheritance would result in a powerful stack.
>
> One reason for C++ is that C looks more cryptic than C++.
> ...
> > BTW, did you give a look at first draft ppp & serial_ppp code that
> > was
> > included in the old net_kit backup
> > http://philippe.houdoin.free.fr/phil/beos/openbeos/network_kit/
> > obos_net_kit-20020822.zip ?
> Yes, but I must admit I do not like it. :)
> The C interface looks too complicated and ugly. This does not mean
> the code
> is bad, but I do not like reading C.
As I already tried to explain, C++ in the kernel is *not* usable that
way now until we have real shared libraries, at least not if you want
to implement the net stack as a module.
You can't export a C++ API in modules, and therefore, you can't inherit
from a class defined in a module - C++ can currently only be used per
module, but not really inter-modular :)
Furthermore, with a C API you can implement your modules in both, C and
C++ - with a C++ API you force all add-ons to be written in C++, and
that's certainly something I don't want to do at this point.
Adios...
Axel.
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