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* Re: Run unit tests with C++ too
       [not found] <4d5510d1-bdc6-43de-abbc-749eaa3c75a4@lysator.liu.se>
@ 2024-04-29  8:01 ` Ferruh Yigit
  2024-04-29 22:49   ` Tyler Retzlaff
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ferruh Yigit @ 2024-04-29  8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mattias Rönnblom, dev, ci, dpdklab
  Cc: Mattias Rönnblom, Richardson, Bruce, Aaron Conole

On 4/28/2024 8:46 AM, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
> It would be great if the unit test suite (app/test/*) was compiled (and
> run) using a C++ (C++11) compiler as well. At least, if such is available.
> 
> With the current state of affairs, header file macros or functions are
> not verified to be functional (or even valid) C++.
> 
> "C is a subset of C++", which was never true, is becoming less and less so.
> 
> If all unit tests aren't valid C++, maybe one could start with an "opt
> in" model.
> 
> A drawback of this is that the unit tests need to be both valid C and
> valid C++.
>

+1

cc'ing CI mailing list and CI lab.

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* Re: Run unit tests with C++ too
  2024-04-29  8:01 ` Run unit tests with C++ too Ferruh Yigit
@ 2024-04-29 22:49   ` Tyler Retzlaff
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Tyler Retzlaff @ 2024-04-29 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ferruh Yigit
  Cc: Mattias Rönnblom, dev, ci, dpdklab, Mattias Rönnblom,
	Richardson, Bruce, Aaron Conole

On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 09:01:08AM +0100, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 4/28/2024 8:46 AM, Mattias Rönnblom wrote:
> > It would be great if the unit test suite (app/test/*) was compiled (and
> > run) using a C++ (C++11) compiler as well. At least, if such is available.
> > 
> > With the current state of affairs, header file macros or functions are
> > not verified to be functional (or even valid) C++.
> > 
> > "C is a subset of C++", which was never true, is becoming less and less so.
> > 
> > If all unit tests aren't valid C++, maybe one could start with an "opt
> > in" model.
> > 
> > A drawback of this is that the unit tests need to be both valid C and
> > valid C++.
> >
> 
> +1
> 
> cc'ing CI mailing list and CI lab.

+1 too


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