[C++] extern "C" typedefs

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> writes:

    Nathan> So, do we really need the tricky stuff, or can we just
    Nathan> kill it? What killer software out there is relying on this
    Nathan> extension?

Jason has historically had good judgement on these issues.  My
recommendation is to rip out this stuff; it's an extension that a)
changes the meaning of conforming programs and b) doesn't work 100%
right, as you point out, and c) isn't supported by most other
compilers, AFAIK.

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