From: Nick Garnett <nickg@ecoscentric.com>
To: Fabian Scheler <fabian.scheler@gmail.com>
Cc: Bart Veer <bartv@ecoscentric.com>, ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [ECOS] Dangerous method: Cyg_SchedulerImplementation::set_idle_thread(Cyg_Thread* thread)?
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3psuq4nkn.fsf@xl5.calivar.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <69dd805e05061300412b58888@mail.gmail.com>
Fabian Scheler <fabian.scheler@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> > This function is not part of the exported API: there is no C
> > equivalent in kapi.h, nor is there any documentation. It is intended
> > only for use within the kernel, and only gets used during system
> > initialization.
>
> Ok, I agree that the eCos-user is intended to use the C-API, but he is
> not forbidden to use the C++-API, is he? And if this method is used
> for initialization pruposes only, why is it declared public?
The C++ public/protected/private thing is fairly crude. It doen't
allow us to distinguish between public-in-the-kernel-only and
public-to-everyone. There's only so much we can do to keep kernel
interfaces secure.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-06-13 9:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-06-10 21:05 Fabian Scheler
2005-06-11 13:22 ` Bart Veer
2005-06-13 7:41 ` Fabian Scheler
2005-06-13 9:24 ` Nick Garnett [this message]
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