> From: Michael (Mac) McNamara > Perhaps we should use some word other than extern [...] > that clearly indicates the intent. > > "export class C ..." > "public class C ..." inside? within? but, more seriously, I don't think this is a big deal. In C, "extern" is pretty pliable - I tend to think of it as meaning "not my problem, let the linker sort it out". I don't think people would have a big problem with this new use of "extern". It says clearly enough that you need to look elsewhere for the full story. Read my lips: no new syntaxes :-) -- Jonathan Bromley, Consultant DOULOS - Developing Design Know-how VHDL * Verilog * SystemC * e * Perl * Tcl/Tk * Project Services Doulos Ltd. Church Hatch, 22 Market Place, Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1AW, UK Tel: +44 (0)1425 471223 Email: jonathan.bromley@doulos.com Fax: +44 (0)1425 471573 Web: http://www.doulos.com The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Doulos Ltd., unless specifically stated. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.Received on Tue Jun 26 11:23:05 2007
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