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Re: [PATCH] Cleanup patches to build libgcj on x86/linux
On Aug 2, 2000, Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> wrote:
Bryce> "An extern "C" directive specifies the linkage convention
Bryce> (only) and does not affect the semantics of the function. In
Bryce> particular, a function declared extern "C" still obeys the C++
Bryce> type checking and argument conversion rules and not the weaker
Bryce> C rules."
> Doesn't that make it impossible to use g++ with system headers on
> legacy systems? The SunOS headers never use prototypes.
IIRC, system headers are still recognized as such, and less strict
type-checking is applied to functions declared in them. I'm not sure
if the same exception applies to functions declared as `extern "C"'.
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