Cannot compile C file using ImportC

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 11/9/21 5:19 PM, Stefan Koch wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 21:03:20 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On 11/9/21 3:05 PM, Stefan Koch wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Yes it is valid C.
>>> It is not valid D though.
>>>
>>
>> The file is named `tomld.c`
>>
>> The way importC works is, you pass a .c file to the compiler, and it 
>> treats it as C.
>>
> 
> It rather tries to interpret the C code as D code.
> It's not a full C compiler rather it's a shim in front of the D frontend.
> Therefore bugs like the above can happen if the compiler wasn't aware 
> that the function identifier was to be interpreted in "C context"

I'm not sure where this conversation is going. ImportC is supposed to 
compile C files. Any case where it doesn't compile C files (at least 
standards-conforming ones) is a bug.

-Steve