Re: [Nagios-devel] Nagios headers fails to compile in C++
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:11 pm
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Glenn Herteg wrote:
> =C2=A0> It can't go in before 3.3 at the earliest. Otherwise I think it's=
a
Do you have any ETA about the release date of the 3.3 series ?
> =C2=A0> pretty good idea to either stay away from C++ reserved words enti=
rely
> =C2=A0> or declare plain C as the only valid language for NEB modules.
>
I definitely vote for no C++ keywords
There is not much than C and
they're not that obvious and/or widely used.
> I don't get it. =C2=A0Since when are "command" and "contact" reserved wor=
ds
> in C++?
>
They're not. They're types defined in Nagios headers.
> I suspect a conflict not with the C++ language, but with something else
> in the OP's compilation environment.
>
> While "command" -> "cmd" is a common substitution in programs, I strongly
> dislike the "contact" -> "cntct" transformation. =C2=A0It's far less read=
able.
> Vowels are in the language for a reason.
>
Vowels are certainly useful but the problem is that 'contact' is also
a type. And as a matter of fact, the 'cntct' substitution is already
used thorough the code.
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[email protected]
MERETHIS est =C3=A9diteur du logiciel Centreon.
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> =C2=A0> It can't go in before 3.3 at the earliest. Otherwise I think it's=
a
Do you have any ETA about the release date of the 3.3 series ?
> =C2=A0> pretty good idea to either stay away from C++ reserved words enti=
rely
> =C2=A0> or declare plain C as the only valid language for NEB modules.
>
I definitely vote for no C++ keywords
There is not much than C andthey're not that obvious and/or widely used.
> I don't get it. =C2=A0Since when are "command" and "contact" reserved wor=
ds
> in C++?
>
They're not. They're types defined in Nagios headers.
> I suspect a conflict not with the C++ language, but with something else
> in the OP's compilation environment.
>
> While "command" -> "cmd" is a common substitution in programs, I strongly
> dislike the "contact" -> "cntct" transformation. =C2=A0It's far less read=
able.
> Vowels are in the language for a reason.
>
Vowels are certainly useful but the problem is that 'contact' is also
a type. And as a matter of fact, the 'cntct' substitution is already
used thorough the code.
--=20
Matthieu KERMAGORET | D=C3=A9veloppeur
[email protected]
MERETHIS est =C3=A9diteur du logiciel Centreon.
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