Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:11:58 +0100 From: Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> To: Michael Butler <imb@protected-networks.net> Cc: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org>, Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Subject: Re: weeding out c++ keywords from sys/sys Message-ID: <49985AEE.1010709@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <49985807.805@protected-networks.net> References: <4995BB1B.7060201@icyb.net.ua> <20090213231513.GA20223@duncan.reilly.home> <4997F105.5020409@icyb.net.ua> <499811DF.6030905@incunabulum.net> <20090215151318.0d17bfb9@ernst.jennejohn.org> <49983868.5010107@incunabulum.net> <20090215182420.774b90c3@ernst.jennejohn.org> <49985807.805@protected-networks.net>
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Michael Butler schrieb:
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> I know that using a "wrapper", something like:
>
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> namespace __whatever
> {
> extern "C"
> {
> #endif
>
> [ .. bunch of C prototypes .. ]
>
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> }
> #endif
>
> .. stops C++ from mangling the prototyped functions so they'll link
> correctly but does it temporarily disable the "reserved word" tests?
> Should it? ;-)
No, it doesn't. extern $STRING (the standard only requires "C" and
"C++", but there can be more) just changes the linkage of declarations
(name mangling, calling convention).
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