From -7280454567094545771 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ea96cc047f6a22cc X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-09 15:27:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: extern "C" -- what is the intent? Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:26:46 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <090820010209154805%BobbySchmidt@mac.com> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 997396013 mail2news:853 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) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Lines: 26 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:6906 In article <090820010209154805%BobbySchmidt@mac.com>, Bobby Schmidt writes >So I'm appealing for wisdom here: what *exactly* is the Committee's >intent for `extern "C"`? And what of that intent is guaranteed by the >standard vs. simply tolerated? As the C++ Committee is not responsible for C it is not able to impose requirements on how a C compiler should handle extern "C" functions in C++. As there is no requirement even in C that code generated by one C compiler can be linked to code generated by another C compiler I cannot see how, even if it wanted to and with the full co-operation of the C Standards Committees such a requirement could be made. Francis Glassborow ACCU 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ 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 ]