Interfacing with XPCOM

[Tomas Lindquist Olsen]

Walter Bright wrote:
> John Reimer wrote:
>> So extern(System) does not translate to extern(C)?   Does that mean 
>> that all extern(System)'s in my code are defaulting to extern(D)?
>>
>> That'd be a shocker to me. :)  If that's true, it would certainly 
>> change my understanding of what I thought was making my code work. :D
> 
> No, extern(System) does on linux just what it does on windows, it's just 
> that there's no point to it on linux.

I thought the whole point of extern(System) was to provide a workaround when...

version(Windows)
	extern(Windows):
else
	extern(C):

...stopped working ?!?

from spec: "System is the same as Windows on Windows platforms, and C on other platforms"