SciFi posted on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:04:24 +0000 as excerpted: > I do not know what “--std=c++0x” actually means (the 0x part).
That's the latest revision of the C++ standard. Formerly, they used two- digit years, but that had an obvious Y2K problem, so the new one is 0x. It tweaks the standard a bit in a few areas, mainly making it stricter, AFAIK, such that c++0x code is conformant with the earlier standard, but not the other way around. gcc has the --std= directive to tell it which standard to use. > Someone might be asking: “What is the fuss with ‘_’ symbols?” > Here is how I understand it: > > The ‘_’ prefix usually denotes such symbols are found in the /object/ > code, not the /source/ code, of most libraries, and are (made to be) > resolved at /link/ time, and I’ve seen this a lot across different > projects, and which works here AFAICT. I OTOH have found _ prefixed symbols to denote internal, as opposed to exported symbols. But I'm not sure whether that's common practice or defined somewhere. > [I do still have some big problems that I’ve mentioned over the years > on this list, mainly to do with “No Multi-threading” being done in key > areas, that Mr.Kerr might not want to tackle, since it reminds him of > the earlier version–0.xx.xx days <lol>] AFAIK, Mr. Kerr is trying to find a new pan maintainer, as he doesn't really use news himself any more and hasn't been doing much with it at all. K. Haley has sort of been doing it in the community, but has been reluctant to step forward and become the official maintainer. Last I saw (thread on a bug, with a couple comments on the user list, AFAIK), the discussion was headed toward some sort of what in Gentoo would be called proxy maintainership -- Kerr keeping the official title, Haley (and those compiling from his git repo) testing the code before it goes upstream. In practice that has been what's happening, but Kerr would like out of the position entirely if someone suitable can be found to replace him, and khaley has for private reasons been reluctant to be that person. Unfortunately, I'm not a coder myself, tho I've been around with pan for nearly a decade now, and do try to facilitate things on the lists to the best of the abilities I do have. There was a thread on the user list (AFAIK) a few months ago with some details, a link to the bug where it had been discussed, etc. You can check the/your archives for more if desired. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Pan-devel mailing list Pan-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-devel
