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| author | David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net> | 2019-06-04 18:12:19 +0200 |
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| committer | David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net> | 2019-06-04 18:12:19 +0200 |
| commit | ca9dfee009fa4ebbf2314d0060fb4536fabc7e99 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c1fab9871816c76e7db63be2e6c8b11b99a7425 | |
| parent | ac97970d241fde8826816ca47b45585b6d2f67be (diff) | |
workflow: document current C++ approach
Signed-off-by: David Lamparter <equinox@diac24.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/developer/workflow.rst | 13 |
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diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst index 6e426afeb5..07c43ac2de 100644 --- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst +++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst @@ -368,6 +368,19 @@ Documentation should be written in reStructuredText. Sphinx extensions may be utilized but pure ReST is preferred where possible. See :ref:`documentation`. +Use of C++ +---------- + +While C++ is not accepted for core components of FRR, extensions, modules or +other distinct components may want to use C++ and include FRR header files. +There is no requirement on contributors to work to retain C++ compatibility, +but fixes for C++ compatibility are welcome. + +This implies that the burden of work to keep C++ compatibility is placed with +the people who need it, and they may provide it at their leisure to the extent +it is useful to them. So, if only a subset of header files, or even parts of +a header file are made available to C++, this is perfectly fine. + Code Reviews ============ |