[Proj] Use of C++

Kurt Schwehr schwehr at gmail.com
Thu May 24 00:04:05 EST 2018


Janne,

Can you give specific examples of these platforms that only support C that
you think PROJ should be supporting?

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 9:51 PM, <support at mnspoint.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think that if you want to keep proj. downwards compatible with C (and
> C++) then you should keep it standard C. If you use c++ in the library
> NOT any "just C" compiler can ever compile it. So as proj. is so small
> library I would keep it standard c since nobody really cares if it is c
> or c++ - and anybody can write it to c++ or whatever in very small time
> - that is not a problem.
>
> So to be able to use proj. in as many targets as possible, also in
> smaller devices like hand held devices or so ... I would strongly
> recommend to keep it standard c for ever! - But when that is now said
> ... they most likely do everything else but what is wanted!? haha! (y)
>
> Janne.
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Even Rouault kirjoitti 2018-05-23 13:25:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As announced previously, and given that the SQLite related thread has
> > calmed
> > down (except license related discussions that aren't directly related
> > to it),
> > this is the second potentially controversial topic I wanted to discuss.
> > .....
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