Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Introduce module API to QEMU

[Anthony Liguori]

malc wrote:
> 4.1.2 comes from C90
>   

C99 would be a more reasonable thing to quote from since it updates C89.

> > So this is exactly the sort of thing that the standard is there to 
> > protect :-)
> >     
>
> No. Those are reserved for _any_ use. For example, 6.2.5 states:
>
>      31) An implementation may define new keywords that provide
>          alternative ways to designate  a  basic  (or  any  other)
>          type;  this does not violate the requirement that all
>          basic   types   be   different.    Implementation-defined
>          keywords  shall  have  the form of an identifier reserved
>          for any use as described in 7.1.3.
>   

I still think you're missing the fact that this is a variable that's 
provided by the compiler.  It's a GCC extension in the same way 
__attribute__ is.  The reason we have to declare the variables is 
because it's actually provided by the linker so GCC the front-end has no 
knowledge of these variables existence.

This isn't standard C99 but it certainly doesn't violate C99 either.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori