Re: rewrite of ltdl and c++ (was: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] libltdl error reporting)

[Peter O'Gorman]

On 06/10/2010 09:45 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

> > I think it would be better in c++.
>
> No, that would mean you have to jump through hoops to use it from C.
> And it would make me cry myself to sleep at night.  I avoid C++, Perl,
> McDonalds and suicide bomber recruiters as much as I possibly can. I'm
> still undecided as to which one is worst for your health...

It's simple to write a library in C++ but make its public interface C. 
There are many projects that use what I would describe as sane C++ 
(unfortunately there are also many that use every possible feature).

IMO, setjmp/longjmp is significantly uglier.

But, let's end this debate, it's unlikely to lead to anything productive :)

Peter