Re: C++ in KMDF

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mirage2k2 <mirage2k2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use both C and C++ - with templates - I have configured STLPort to build
and run in kernel mode.

Is that something you can make available? (I tried to send this privately,
but you post anonymously.)

So can someone from MS tell us what the deal is? Why can't MS write a DDK
compiler (for their own OS) that generates safe drivers (for their own OS)
that uses perhaps a subset of C++ features?

One reason is that we in the driver world represent a relatively
insignificant fraction of the Microsoft compiler audience. Our voices
represent merely a puny squeak amid the vast din of feature requests from
Visual Studio users.

There is a wall between the compiler teams and the DDK teams. Requests
from the DDK team have to be vetted through the need/benefit sieve just
like requests from outside the company.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
.

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