Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Maciej Sobczak
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 06:51 pm

Vyacheslav Kononenko wrote:

> please provide reference in C++ standard wich says how extern "C"
> linkage affect calling conventions then.

Calling convention has nothing to do about it.

7.5/1:

"Two function types with different language linkages are distinct types 
even if they are otherwise identical."

The problem is that converting a function pointer of type "C++" to the 
function pointer of type "C" is simply illegal - they are different types.


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