Re: [edk2-devel] GoogleTest Compatibility with MdePkg's IndustyStandard header files

["Pedro Falcato" <pedro.falcato@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 10:23 PM Michael D Kinney
<michael.d.kinney@intel.com> wrote:
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> After trying a few GCC experiments, there does not appear to be any way to work around “xor” keyword.
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> I recommend we update EDK II sources to not use c++ keywords to avoid this issue all together.
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> This may require changes that do not match names from industry standard specs.

This is a crappy problem but it's workaroundable in the header by
using something like:

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define SOME_MEMBER_NAME alternative_name
#else
#define SOME_MEMBER_NAME bad_name
#endif

and then in the struct...

struct Foo
{
    UINTN SOME_MEMBER_NAME;
};


It should work around these C++ issues while keeping compat with existing code.
Although yes, avoiding C++ keywords is a good idea, particularly if
you're planning to bring more C++ into edk2.

-- 
Pedro