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