Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 21:34 -0700, Zack Weinberg wrote: >> Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > FWIW: IMO, NO_IMPLICIT_EXTERN_C actually is an OS/libc feature ("Your >> > system headers are c++ aware"), therefore it is hardly possible or >> > useful to ever use "#define NO_IMPLICIT_EXTERN_C" on "generic" targets >> > (*-elf, *-coff etc.). >> >> I'm going to ask you to think again about that assessment, because >> 'implicit extern C' mode is actually trouble if the headers *are* C++ >> aware > > The point is: You don't know, because you don't know which kind of > headers/libc is using a user is going to build gcc against.
This is true. The question in my mind is which failure mode is worse, and honestly I don't know. zw