From -6284454018313136201 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ea96cc047f6a22cc X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-11 16:09:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!btnet-peer1!btnet-peer0!btnet!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: remove.haberg@matematik.su.se (Hans Aberg) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: extern "C" -- what is the intent? Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:07:17 GMT Organization: Mathematics Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <090820010209154805%BobbySchmidt@mac.com> <9l1los$281$1@panix3.panix.com> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 997571285 mail2news:20147 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Aug 2001 08:44:50 GMT Lines: 29 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:6942 In article <9l1los$281$1@panix3.panix.com>, comeau@comeaucomputing.com wrote: >> extern "C" A f(B x) { >> // C++ definition >> } ... >> (My compiler, which is not the latest model, does not accept >>C linkage definitions with C++ in the body, but I think that GCC might.) > >If I understand you correctly, I've never heard that before. >Can you give an example of what you mean? Plugging in some values in the example above, I arrive at say extern "C" int f(int) { return 1; } My out-of-date compiler (compiling under C++) then says Error : illegal function definition But according to 7.5:2-3, 7.1:1 (A.6) and 8.4, this should be legal. Hans Aberg * Anti-spam: remove "remove." from email address. * Email: Hans Aberg * Home Page: * AMS member listing: --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]