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Article #1038Problem with extern "C" function
From: Kevin R. Talbot
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 19:27
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 19:27
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The following program gives an incorrect error message:
extern "C" int foo(char *, char *);
void
Bar(char *name)
{
char *namelist;
(void)foo(name, &namelist); // Problem with the _second_ argument.
}
Compiled with: g++ -v -c test.cc
Gives the following error:
Reading specs from /usr/sab/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-sunos4.1/2.2.2/specs
gcc version 2.2.2
/usr/sab/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-sunos4.1/2.2.2/cpp -lang-c++ -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUG__=2 -D__cplusplus -Dsparc -Dsun -Dunix -D__sparc__ -D__sun__ -D__unix__ -D__sparc -D__sun -D__unix test.cc /usr/tmp/cca07543.i
GNU CPP version 2.2.2 (sparc)
/usr/sab/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-sunos4.1/2.2.2/cc1plus /usr/tmp/cca07543.i -quiet -dumpbase test.cc -version -o /usr/tmp/cca07543.s
GNU C++ version 2.2.2 (sparc) compiled by GNU C version 2.2.2.
test.cc: In function `void Bar (char *)':
test.cc:7: incompatible pointer types for argument 1 of `int foo (char *, char *)'
My e-mail address is krt@edsr.eds.com
-Kevin
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Newsgroups: gnu.g++.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!edsr.UUCP!krt From: krt@edsr.UUCP (Kevin R. Talbot) Subject: Problem with extern "C" function Message-ID: <1435@helena.edsr.eds.com> Summary: Faulty error message on extern "C" function Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: edsr!krt@uunet.uu.net Organization: Electronic Data Systems Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:27:51 GMT Approved: bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 28