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From: pete@borland.com (Pete Becker)
Subject: Re: C++ Language Extensions
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In article <1993Jun23.103931.24251@ucc.su.OZ.AU> maxtal@physics.su.OZ.AU (John Max Skaller) writes:
>In article <1993Jun22.214246.27155@borland.com> pete@borland.com (Pete Becker) writes:
>>	The key here is that type names do not have linkage. 
>
>	Sure they do. C++ class names have extern linkage.
>	In C++ *all* file-scope names have linkage.
>	See 3.3.
>

	You're absolutely right. This is a change from C.
	-- Pete