Re: error: template with C linkage
On 2010-08-29 07:39:51 -0400, Stanis??aw Findeisen said:
#include <iostream>
#include <typeinfo>
extern "C" {
template <typename T> void f() {
const std::type_info& ti(typeid(T));
std::cout << "f(): T is now: " << (ti.name()) << std::endl;
}
}
int main() {
f<int>();
f<std::string>();
return 0;
}
It looks that templates with C linkage don't work in g++:
$ g++ -Wall tmpl1.cpp -o tmpl1.out
tmpl1.cpp:5: error: template with C linkage
... and are even prohibited by the standard:
========================================================================
A template name has linkage (3.5). A non-member function template can
have internal linkage; any other template name shall have external
linkage. [...] A template, a template explicit specialization (14.7.3),
or a class template partial specialization shall not have C linkage.
========================================================================
Why are they prohibited?
f<int>();
f<double>();
If the tempate function had extern "C" linkage, both of these
instantiations would also have extern "C" linkage, and that's just not
done. For the same reason that this isn't allowed:
extern "C" void f(int);
extern "C" void f(double);
There's simply no way to give two functions that have the same name
extern "C" linkage.
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Pete
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Standard C++ Library Extensions: a Tutorial and Reference
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