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Re: [PATCH] Cleanup patches to build libgcj on x86/linux

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.

Tom
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