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Re: make safe_read usable in a mixed C/C++ build
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: make safe_read usable in a mixed C/C++ build |
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Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:06:44 +0100 |
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Eric Blake asked:
> Is it also necessary to wrap safe-read.c with extern "C", for use when
> using g++ as a type-safe variant of a C compiler, to match the header?
Normally not. The 'extern "C"' is only needed in mixed C/C++ builds.
> And should you be symmetric with safe-write.h?
I deal with these issues on a case-by-case basis. But if you want to add
extern "C" to all gnulib .h files at once, I have no objection.
Bruno
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