[swift-evolution] SE-0181 : should c++ be written "cxx" or "cpp" ?

[Chris Lattner]

> On Jul 12, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Greg Parker via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Jul 12, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Trevör ANNE DENISE via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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>> After quickly reading "SE-0181: Package Manager C/C++ Language Standard Support" I noticed that as Swift doesn't support "+" sign in identifiers, the format "cxx" was used (as in "CXXLanguageStandard"), why isn't "cpp" used instead of "cxx" ?
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> Several Swift developers came from clang, and clang uses "CXX" almost everywhere.

Little known fact: + is just an x with the unicode 45° combining character applied to it.  ;-)

-Chris


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