Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jul 2005 17:35:48 +0200 | From | Schneelocke <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: please remove reserved word "new" from kernel headers |
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On 06/07/05, Rob Prowel <tempest766@yahoo.com> wrote: > 2.4 and 2.6 kernel headers use c++ reserved word "new" > as identifier in function prototypes. > [...] > While not an error, per se, it is kind of sloppy and > it is amazing that it hasn't shown up before now. > using the identifier "new" in kernel headers that are > visible to applications programs is a bad idea.
This has been discussed before: see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111637766131104&w=2 and the ensuing thread.
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