Re: C++ and callbacks

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From: Jason Merrill
Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 00:34

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>>>>> Brandon Van Every <brandon@uncvx2.oit.unc.edu> writes:

> I can't find anything in Stroustrup that says this will work.  The default
> linkage for all functions is "C++" (p. 524).  Given that, I'd say that not
> using "extern C" is rather risky.

But does anything say that it won't?  C and C++ use the same calling
convention for plain functions, so C linkage v. C++ should have no effect
on function pointers.

Jason

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