Discussion Thread: DIP 1028--Make @safe the Default--Final Review

[Walter Bright]

On 3/26/2020 9:02 AM, Atila Neves wrote:
> extern(C) doesn't necessarily mean the code is written in C and can't be 
> verified by the compiler. It might just be written in D (or C++, or Rust, 
> or...).

That's right. It means "use a C function call interface". For example, one might 
be writing a function meant to be called from C code.