Re: [Powertop] Why C++ is the language of implementation?

Bill Vyzas <vizasb at gmail.com>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.powertop
Message-ID <CADy9ZNDipa6XbeZZdqJG_X9idw6u+cxTn8SaCoT8X04On2QX8w@mail.gmail.com>
That sounds reasonable but why not use pure C++ instead of some parts with
classes and some with the C standards?

Thanks


On 31 March 2014 16:55, Arjan van de Ven <arjan(a)linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On 3/31/2014 8:54 AM, Bill Vyzas wrote:
>
>> What the physical things will be in the case of powertop? Are we talking
>> about device drivers and cpu measurements?
>>
>
> powertop builds a power model of the devices in your computer, from fans
> to USB devices to CPU to ...
> you name it.
> to model those, it uses C++ style objects in a class hierarchy
>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>That sounds reasonable but why not use pure C++ instead of some parts with classes and some with the C standards?<br><br></div>Thanks<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 March 2014 16:55, Arjan van de Ven <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On 3/31/2014 8:54 AM, Bill Vyzas wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What the physical things will be in the case of powertop? Are we talking about device drivers and cpu measurements?<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
powertop builds a power model of the devices in your computer, from fans to USB devices to CPU to ...<br>
you name it.<br>
to model those, it uses C++ style objects in a class hierarchy<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
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