Subj : Re: How to pass class-member function to pthread_create(....)?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Jedrzej Dudkiewicz
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 09:26 am

> > Standard says: Function prototypes must be provided for use with an ISO
C
> > compiler.
>
> That does not mean that C++ must use what is provided for ISO C
> compiler, does it?

If you want use POSIX threads, you must use ISO C compiler. You can use any
other interface, but this way it's just "some library" based on threads.

> > I assume, that if interface (function prototypes) is in C, passed data
MUST
> > be C-compatible. Library can be implemented in java or python, but it
must
> > provide C interface.
>
> I am sorry, but what I got in this group some facts from standards and
> many assumtions to link that facts together and then conclusion that is
> only right opinion and anything different is false. What if somebody
> does not share your assumtion?

Show me these assumptions. C interface? The fact, that, according to C++
standard, C++ links only with C++?

> > > And you can know if it is safe to call extern "C++"
> > > linkage from the C library as well.
> >
> > Maybe, but it's not required by any standard, so you can't count on it.
>
> What is required by a standard and which one, what I can count on?

Sorry, I'm off. Follow David Schwartz's tips: read standards on your own.

JD

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