Fourth Draft: Primary Type Syntax

[Dukc]

On Tuesday, 24 September 2024 at 20:50:58 UTC, Quirin Schroll 
wrote:
> The obligatory 
> [permalink](https://github.com/Bolpat/DIPs/blob/fcb076e4be19abf634bcadbb7567c49ed80c084c/DIPs/DIP-2NNN-QFS.md) and [latest draft](https://github.com/Bolpat/DIPs/blob/PrimaryTypeSyntax/DIPs/DIP-2NNN-QFS.md).
>
> The only difference is new subsections of [§ Maximal Munch 
> Exceptions](https://github.com/Bolpat/DIPs/blob/fcb076e4be19abf634bcadbb7567c49ed80c084c/DIPs/DIP-2NNN-QFS.md#maximal-munch-exceptions).

A question, probably out of ignorance: Why do function pointers / 
delegates need to care about their linkage type?

I thought that a function pointer can freely point to any 
function that is otherwise of the correct type, regardless of 
it's linkage type. Is this not the case?