Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Vyacheslav Kononenko
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 07:42 am

David Schwartz wrote:
> "Vyacheslav Kononenko" <vyacheslav@kononenko.net> wrote in message
> news:1121744377.955170.266970@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > David Schwartz wrote:
>
> >> "Vyacheslav Kononenko" <vyacheslav@kononenko.net> wrote in message
> >> news:1121719814.285338.314970@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Which standard provides this guarantee?
>
> >>     The C++ standard provides the guarantee that extern "C" gives C
> >> linkage.
> >> The pthreads standard gives the guarantee that pthread_create takes
> >> functions with C linkage.
>
> > I am sorry, but I would like to see what POSIX says about C linkage in
> > pthread_create, not your comments on that. Can you make a quote?
>
>     Check the standard yourself, it appears in many, MANY places that the
> standard is a C standard and that function pointers have C linkage. In at
> least one place, it is totally explicit about this.
>
>     DS
Another question, sorry. Does POSIX says that C++ must use C library
and not to have its own implementation?

Regards,
Vyacheslav

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