version and extern problems
Georg Wrede
georg at nospam.org
Wed Jul 11 05:27:44 PDT 2007
Walter Bright wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>
>> Why not
>>
>> extern(ecc) void function() foo;
>>
>> where ecc would resolve to Windows or C.
>>
>> This of course requires some tweaking of the compiler, but it might be
>> worth it.
>
> Do you mean "ecc" being a magic identifier that the compiler sets to
> Windows on Windows, and C otherwise? That might be a pretty good idea.
> Why "ecc", though? It doesn't jump out at me what it might mean.
I wanted the discussion to stay with the (dis)merits of the idea itself,
and not (as usual) begin with bickering about the choice of word.
For a similar reason I avoided taking a stance on whether ecc should be
automatic, user settable or user overridable. (Pascal comes to mind, but
you murdered that in a follow-up post. ;-) )
BTW, what are the implications of an automatic-only ecc for cross
compiling with gdc?
(I thought it was obvious: ecc for External Calling Convention. :-) )
> How about "System" ?
I'm not entirely opposed to System. Still, System is a big word.
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