Re: [C++ PATCH] Fix extern "C" function and namespace handling

[brent verner <brent at rcfile dot org>]

On 07 Oct 2000 at 23:08 (-0700), Kriang Lerdsuwanakij wrote:
| 
| On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 brent@rcfile.org wrote:
| 
| > the attached patch to cp/decl2.c allows the code above to compile.
| > I'm not sure if it is sane, but I'll throw it in the mix. basically,
| > all I did was reverse the order of the tests in 
| > do_nonmember_using_decl() to allow the duplicate_decls() case to break
| > before testing the overloaded function.
| > 
| >   brent
| > 
| 
| I have tested your patch.  I believe the approach in the patch is
| correct.

FWIW, the following code is still busted after both patches applied.
AFAICT, it looks like another test will have to be added to 
do_nonmember_using_decl() to accomodate this, what are your 
(group-at-large, also) thoughts on this approach?

thanks.
  brent


namespace _C_ {
  extern "C" int abs(int a);
}
namespace std {
  inline int abs(int a){ return a >= 0 ? a : - a; }   // error
  inline long abs(long a){ return a >= 0 ? a : - a; } // OK
}

using namespace std  // OK
using std::abs;      // error

int main() 
{
  using std::abs; // OK
  abs(5); 
  return 0; 
}

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