attribute decl in version decl

[Timon Gehr]

On 09/18/2011 10:46 PM, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> On 09/18/2011 01:02 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>
>> If you are asking, if the D compiler is wrong here: No, it is by design,
>> you can check with the D grammar.
>
> Nah, just confirming that failure to apply the externs is a bug.

version(linux){
     extern(C):
} // affected declarations end here, because '}' is not a declaration.

ConditionalDeclarations don't work like the C preprocessor, the code is 
parsed before the ConditionalDeclaration is applied, not the other way 
round.

It would indeed be desirable to have it work like this, but it would be 
a special case.