extern(C) symbol conflicts

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/29/2015 5:43 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> Is there a good reason to do it the current way besides
> "that's what C++ does"?

My reason for saying "that's what C++ does" is that in 30 years I've never heard 
anyone bring it up as a problem. So while we could go about diagnosing such 
errors, I regard it as a very low priority.