On Wednesday 18 June 2008 06:09:10 Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 10:22 +0800, y.volta wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just wondering, can grub2 support module coded with c++? Let's > > suppose we are trying to apply the fancy menu. ;-) > > I think it can be done, but you'll need to disable exception handling > and RTTI. You won't be able to use any C++ libraries. The build system > will need to be changed to call C++ compiler when needed. > > Still, I think it would be an overkill. C is quite good for large > projects if used properly. Linux is fine with C. C also has checkers > such as sparse, but I'm not aware of C++ equivalents.
When Vesa tried C++, the binary size got bloated, so it was abandoned. I am afraid that C++ adds too much overhead. Okuji _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
