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Charles Kerr 4c1b627647
refactor: port libtransmission to C++ (#1787) 
Port libtransmission to C++. This PR doesn't refactor everything to c++.
Its code changes are only what was necessary to compile and link as c++.
See libtransmission/README.md for details on how to submit modernization 
patches!

Co-authored-by: Mike Gelfand <mikedld@mikedld.com>
2021-09-12 12:41:49 -05:00

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Notes on the C-to-C++ Conversion

  • libtransmission was written in C for fifteen years, so eliminating all Cisms is nearly impossible. Modernization patches are welcomed but it won't all happen overnight. tr_strdup() and constexpr wil exist side-by-side in the codebase for the forseeable future.

  • It's so tempting to refactor all the things! Please keep modernization patches reasonably focused so that they will be easy to review.

  • Prefer std:: tools over bespoke ones. For example, use std::vector instead of tr_ptrArray. Redundant bespoke code should be removed.

  • Consider ripple effects before adding C++ into public headers. Will it break C code that #includes that header?