Re: extern "C" { }

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Do you know which platforms are affected in this way?
>
> At least glibc systems. with g++ versions from 3.3 to 4.2.

Thanks for the examples, I added them to the manual.

/Simon

>From 13a47610f12088e6bcf5a3ea90f049342035fbc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <address@hidden>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:31:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc/gnulib.texi (Header files): C++ fixes, based on Bruno's 
findings.

---
 ChangeLog       |    5 +++++
 doc/gnulib.texi |    7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8eb9366..8cea4bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-26  Simon Josefsson  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/gnulib.texi (Header files): C++ fixes, based on Bruno's
+       findings.
+
 2008-10-25  Ben Pfaff  <address@hidden>
             Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
 
diff --git a/doc/gnulib.texi b/doc/gnulib.texi
index e98f124..1d9cf60 100644
--- a/doc/gnulib.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib.texi
@@ -200,9 +200,10 @@ your header file as something available for C programs 
only, or for C
 and C++ programs alike.
 
 Note that putting a @code{#include} in an @code{extern "C" @{ ... @}}
-block yields a syntax error in C++ mode on some platforms.  For this
-reason, it is recommended to place the @code{#include} before the
address@hidden "C"} block.
+block yields a syntax error in C++ mode on some platforms (e.g., glibc
+systems with g++ v3.3 to v4.2, AIX, OSF/1, IRIX).  For this reason, it
+is recommended to place the @code{#include} before the @code{extern
+"C"} block.
 
 @subheading Include ordering
 
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1.5.6.5