extern (C++) including bodies of member functions?

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 2016-07-16 04:01, cy wrote:

> So, it applies to member functions too (for C++)? Just as if you passed
> an extern(C++) directive to each one? And only their signature/mangling
> is changed, so that say in gdb for instance, they represent Type::member
> instead of zzTypezdxqdstuffmember?

Yes. It's a bit more than the mangling that changes. The layout of the 
class/struct needs to be correct and the this pointer needs to be passed 
correctly.

> Oh, I thought it happened a while ago, like when D2 came out. (Or was D2
> recent as well?)

No, D2 was started in something like 2007. The compiler was converted 
last year in August.

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/Jacob Carlborg