Re: MySql coding style: Request for deprecation of UPPERCASE typedefs

[Jay Pipes]

Michael Widenius wrote:
> Mats> I think that in practice it is not possible to move from C++ to C (since
> C++
> Mats> code inevitable will contain C++ constructs), and that the extra work
> required
> Mats> to move from C to C++ does not really motivate using typedefs.
> 
> Not everything in C++ should/need to be coded with classes and
> constructors.  If one creates a good multipurpose library, it's in
> many cases much better to keep to use C-style as it's has more general
> usage than C++.

This is a completely baseless opinion.  Please don't make statements 
like this unless you are prepared to back it up with actual evidence.

-jay