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On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 07:56:32AM -0700, Michael Eager wrote:IIRC in the case of GCC, RMS (among others) is opposed to conversion to C++.That said, when I read and step through GDB code I see significant portions which are clearly written in a way which attempts to emulate classes, objects, and both data and member encapsulation.
I also see some flaws in this emulation, some of which affect performance, others which affect logic. There are also places where the encapsulation is broken. All of this makes debugging more difficult.
I've seen this complain from at least three different people.
I'm in favor of switching to C++. I'm not going to argue about it if others disagree, but I'll offer to do most of the work if the consensus is positive.
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