Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 27/28] sysbus: apic: ioapic: convert to QEMU Object Model

[Paul Brook]

> > There is a declarative solution for this that I know of, a C++ class
> > definition ;-)
> 
> So what's the reason not to go with one of the object-oriented,
> C-compatible languages GCC supports, like C++ or Objective-C/C++?
> (Objective-C has native reflection capabilities fwiw.)

I'd avoid Objective-C as it has very little use (and thus real 
support/testing) outside of Apple.  Even more so for Objective-C++.

I've no objection in principle to C++, though it does raise various practical 
issues.  I'm suspicious of a plan that only converts some of the codebase to 
C++.

Paul