C++ roadmap

[Samuel Audet]

Hi, Maurizio,

I'm happy to hear that progress is happening, but would it be possible 
to make more information about this public? Or if not, could you explain 
why it needs to be kept secret?

Samuel

On 8/12/19 6:48 AM, Maurizio Cimadamore wrote:
> Hi Luke,
> C++ is not supported at the moment, we will make the download page 
> clearer next time around.
> 
> We are starting to experimenting a bit with the C++ support as we speak, 
> so hopefully we will have some news to share on that front soon.
> 
> Cheers
> Maurizio
> 
> On 11/08/2019 13:52, Luke Hutchison wrote:
>> I tried the most recent Panama JDK 14 build with a C++ header file, and got
>> the following error message (in the form of a RuntimeException):
>>
>> "Unknown type name 'namespace'"
>>
>> I couldn't find a switch in the jextract commandline tool for enabling C++
>> support, so assume this means that C++ is not currently supported. I don't
>> see any mention of the lack of C++ support on the Panama "homepage" or
>> documentation, but I saw a claim somewhere online that Panama only supports
>> C, and has no real immediate plans to support C++. However, discussion in
>> the panama-dev archives seems to indicate that C++ support was always
>> planned.
>>
>> Is there any experimental switch that will enable the use of C++ header
>> files right now in Panama? If not, what is the roadmap for C++?