[Bug c++/60932] make stdatomic.h compatible with C++
sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de
gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Wed Apr 23 13:29:00 GMT 2014
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60932
--- Comment #9 from Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #5)
> (In reply to Sebastian Huber from comment #4)
> > It is clear that you cannot use C++ header files from C. So if you want to
> > provide a library intended for C and C++ applications you must use C as the
> > base line. With this C++ incompatible <stdatomic.h> you cannot do this for
> > applications requiring atomic operations. So you are forced to provide two
> > implementations.
>
> Not true, I think this should work fine:
>
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> #include <atomic>
> using namespace std;
> #else
> #include <stdatomic.h>
> #endif
>
> atomic<int> i;
>
> int main()
> {
> atomic_store(&i, 0);
> return atomic_load(&i);
> }
>
> The fact it doesn't looks like a problem with libstdc++'s <atomic> not
> <stdatomic.h>
>
> I don't think we want to support the _Atomic qualifier in C++.
Ok, but if I create a data structure definition like for example in example.h:
#ifdef __cplusplus
#include <atomic>
using namespace std;
#else
#include <stdatomic.h>
#endif
struct s {
atomic_int i;
};
Who guarantees that this definition is binary compatible in C and C++?
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