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Can you imagine the conversion effort?

• XorNot 4y ago
  I can imagine it's not been analysed so we're all assuming it's just "impossible". Sometimes you just need to do the boring work so it's done. The Linux kernel is one of the most important pieces of software on the planet - limiting it's performance and safety due to C's string handling legacy is madness.
  • _8j50 4y ago
    Have you read the article? Linus' resistance to auto-conversion means one or a few people can't do it, every maintainer has to do a project involving many orgs and thousands of people over several years. It is not impossible, it takes time but it is doable, the question is is this the best way to solve the underlying issue (and what exactly is that?) ? Assuming of course the NUL replacement is backwards compatible in some way, if not then I say focus on migrating to Rust instead.
    • JdeBP 4y ago
      M. Torvalds never expressed an objection to auto-conversion. Xe expressed an objection to mass conversion, with patches that mass change function calls with little scrutiny and even less actual regression testing of all of the affected code paths. Because xyr past experience was that that was what happened in practice, and stuff broke as a consequence.
      • pwdisswordfish9 4y ago
        Who is M. Torvalds? I am not aware of anyone with first initial M. named Torvalds that is relevant to this discussion and would require such bizarre pronouns to be applied to them.
        • quickthrower2 4y ago
          The M is believe is a gender neutral title. And ze a gender neutral pronoun.