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Re: [gcc-in-cxx] Remove extern "C" from libdecnumber
On Wed, 27 May 2009, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> different sources. I agree that it would be better to have the extern
> "C" in the libdecnumber header files. However, that code came from an
> upstream source. So the correct approach here is to convince the
> upstream source to add the extern "C". In the meantime, I think that
> something like this patch is better than changing the libdecnumber
> sources. Would it make you happier if I moved the #include libdecnumber
We already make local changes to libdecnumber as needed; I don't see a
particular problem with doing so here, along with sending the fix
upstream, since it seems clear that the correct fix is adding extern "C"
to libdecnumber.
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