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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 1999 09:50:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/13383 sys/netinet/in.h violates C++ spec. 
Message-ID:  <199910061650.JAA31732@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/13383; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>
To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/13383 sys/netinet/in.h violates C++ spec. 
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:47:42 -0500

 On 6 October 1999 at 7:01, Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> wrote:
 >  I believe (I could be wrong) that all extern "C" does is affect
 >  the linkage of functions declared in the extern "C" block.  
 [snip]
 
 I think you are right, that's why I hedged with ``whatever''.  The
 system C headers have to be handled in some manner by the C++
 compiler...  the mechanism is probably ``up to the implementation''.
  
 >  I have a .PDF version of the C++ standard here that I can check
 >  later.
 
 That would be great if you can look, just to satisfy curiosity.  But
 like I mentioned, this issue seems to have been resolved with gcc
 2.95.1, though I could have missed something that Justin found.
 
 Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org
 


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