On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Manuel López-Ibáñez
<lopeziba...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>
>>> BTW, why is this warned about?
>>
>> I imagine because in C it is not conventional to use "extern" when
>> defining something, only on a declaration that is not a definition.
>
> But may it lead to some confusion or subtle error? It seems overly
> pedantic to me if it is just a matter of style, because  extern is
> implicit if missing,
>
> If one wants to use the same code in C and C++, then it is definitely
> a spurious warning in my opinion.

I do not understand your reasoning.

-- Gaby

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