[cfe-dev] Why this extern "C" fails ?

[Ólafur Waage]

What is your compile line?


On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Arji Cot <arjicot at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> #include <iostream>
>
> int main() {
>   {
>     extern "C" { int a = 42; }
>     { std::cout << a << "\n"; }
>   }
>   return (0);
> }
>
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>
> this code fails to compile and the compiler message alone
>
> main.cpp:5:12: error: expected unqualified-id
>     extern "C" { int a = 42; }
>            ^
> 1 error generated.
>
> It's not enough to me to explain why this is not working.
>
> There is something that I'm missing ?
>
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