Re: [Qemu-devel] QOM: why "klass" used instead of "class" ?

[Andreas Färber]

Am 01.03.2012 09:17, schrieb malc:
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2012, Andreas F?rber wrote:
> 
>> Am 29.02.2012 10:05, schrieb ???:
>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:59:54AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>>>> On 29.02.2012 09:52, Evgeny Voevodin wrote:
>>>>> include/qemu/object.h:
>>>> []
>>>>>  * void my_device_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
>>>>>  * {
>>>>>  *     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
>>>>>  *     dc->reset = my_device_reset;
>>>>>  * }
>>>>>  *
>>>>>
>>>>> Why to use "klass", not "class"?
>>>>
>>>> Because in C++, "class" is a reserved word.  It is quite typical idiom
>>>> to replace class with klass in (public) headers.
>>>
>>>   I thought QEMU is written in C, right? Is there anything related to C++?
>>
>> A while back there was a patch that added a C++ audio backend, for
>> instance. I didn't get around to cleaning the patch up yet though.
>>
> 
> The real reason, ofcourse, is that germans are taking over the world,
> nothing new here.

Actually the Haiku patch was by a Swiss and Anthony is American I guess.

In German it would be Klasse. ;)

Andreas

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