Re: Linkage revisited

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From: Matt Austern
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 17:38

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In article <3vtin5$m5t@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage) writes:


> Agreed, and that is why the standard says so little about 'extern "C"':
> there isn't much that can be said.

One thing the standard might say, though, is that it's possible to
define (not just declare) a function that has extern "C" linkage.
Considering that there are standard library functions that require
functions with extern "C" linkage, it would be nice if there were
some guarantee that those standard library functions were usable.
-- 
  Matt Austern                             He showed his lower teeth.  "We 
  matt@physics.berkeley.edu                all have flaws," he said, "and 
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From: matt@godzilla.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Matt Austern)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: Linkage revisited
Date: 04 Aug 1995 17:38:42 GMT
Organization: University of California at Berkeley (computational neuroscience)
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