[llvm-commits] [llvm] r91973 - /llvm/trunk/lib/Target/X86/Disassembler/X86DisassemblerDecoder.h

[Chris Lattner]

On Dec 22, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Sean Callanan wrote:

> Chris, Anton,
>
> I tried static functions but they don't work because the compiler  
> warns about unused functions in files that #include the header but  
> don't call the functions.  As an alternative, I could simply move  
> the functions into the file that uses them and declare them static  
> there… is that preferable?
>
> The reason I wrote this portion of the disassembler in C is to allow  
> projects that need a disassembler but reside (for example) in a  
> kernel or some other source base that does not allow C++ to use the  
> disassembler core.

The mac kernel (at least) includes a large set of C++ code (in  
IOKit).  They generally just don't allow the exact same stuff that  
LLVM doesn't allow: RTTI and exceptions.

-Chris