[jira] [Commented] (PROTON-159) port proton to C++

["Andrew Stitcher (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andrew Stitcher commented on PROTON-159:
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In order to avoid the nuisance (unreadable) malloc casts why not introduce a macro (I think this might be one of the few places where such might be really justified).

something like:

#define NEW(t) ((t*) malloc(sizeof(t)))
or 
#define NEWARRAY(t, n) ((t*) malloc((n)*sizeof(t))

or perhaps to be insufferable:

#ifdef __cplusplus__
#define NEW(t) new t
#define FREE(x) delete x
#else
#define NEW malloc(sizeof(t))
#define FREE(x) free(x)
#endif

I think it's just possible that using these (latter) macros and having no casts might allow the compiler to give diagnostics that it couldn't before which might be a good thing.
                
> port proton to C++
> ------------------
>
>                 Key: PROTON-159
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-159
>             Project: Qpid Proton
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: proton-c
>    Affects Versions: 0.3
>            Reporter: Cliff Jansen
>         Attachments: proton-159-0.diff, proton-159-0-partial.diff
>
>
> Make code compile in both C99 and C++, using the gnu toolchain.  This is a necessary first step
> towards a Microsoft Visual Studio port (where the compiler supports C++ but not C99).

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