Re: Very small feature request

[Jean-Claude Wippler <jcw@...>]

fcecin@inf.ufrgs.br wrote:

> John Belmonte wrote:
> > My practical argument is that a C++ developer seriously using Lua 
> > would make a
> > native C++ interface to the Lua library.  As a side effect of the 
> > wrapper, the
> > extern "C" need only been written in one single place, and that is 
> > the end of it.
> >
> > -John
>
> IMHO, the extern "C" { } inside Lua is better for the app developer, 
> maybe
> worse for the developers of Lua. A chance to lower the amout of stuff 
> the
> user(developer) has to worry about is missed and Bill Gates makes 
> another
> million. :-)
>
> - Fabio

As C++ developer, I vote in favor of keeping lua.h as it is, i.e. pure 
C.  If the debate is about convenience, then one could consider adding 
a header file "lua" (i.e. no .h), containing the usual extern "C" + 
include lines.  Then, in C++, do "#include <lua>" and move on.

The arguments for this have been presented.  No feeping creaturism, 
please.

-jcw