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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:19:32 +0100
From: Michael Everitt <m.j.everitt@....org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Define NULL as __null in C++ mode when using GCC
 or Clang.

On 10/07/19 21:11, A. Wilcox wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2019, at 12:35 PM, James Y Knight <jyknight@...gle.com
> <mailto:jyknight@...gle.com>> wrote:
>
>> It's a question which is impossible to ever answer in the negative --
>> there always _may be_ any sort of terrible software implemented out
>> there, somewhere. But, I do doubt any such relevant compilers actually
>> exist.
>
> Or, put another way, it has always seemed to me that one of musl's tenets
> is to "fail fast and break hard" on egregiously invalid code. I'd argue
> "pretending to be GNU C++ and not having __null" is much more egregious
> than "code still using NULL in C++".  Therefore it's better to break the
> invalid compiler (which could have any number of other bugs) than break
> the C++ code.
>
> Sincerely,
> --someone who actually enjoys using musl and also actually enjoys using
> C++, a seemingly rare breed
>
> --
> A. Wilcox (Sent from my iPhone - not signed)
> Project Lead, Adélie Linux
> https://adelielinux.org
You need to be cloned before you become a target of some weird computing
museum somewhere ...

[but this isn't news, and very OT...]

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