From 7784744794984938569 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,3b852614b232b53b X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Francis Glassborow Subject: Re: function pointer types(was: Re: atexit() behavior) Date: 1998/12/03 Message-ID: <1FK6LCBDNsZ2EwO8@robinton.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 418368409 Approved: stephen.clamage@sun.com (comp.std.c++) References: <365f3482.0@10.1.1.65> <73vc1v$5oe$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <3663B9D8.283B0424@physik.tu-muenchen.de> <741t78$a8v$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36655968.41C6@wizard.net> X-UID: 0000000001 X-Status: $$$T Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Originator: clamage@taumet In article <36655968.41C6@wizard.net>, James Kuyper writes >I think that it's the only such place. Why does the standard require >this workaround? I guess because rewriting the grammar for extern "" would have been too time consuming at that stage. Francis Glassborow Chair of Association of C & C++ Users 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://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]