Re: inline and glib.h (was Re: ObjC and `glib.h')

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On 4 Oct 1998, Guillaume Laurent wrote:

> Tim Janik <timj@gtk.org> writes:
> 
> > the current scheme works fine, even with C++, assuming there is no
> > compiler out there that supports "inline" only for C++ and wouldn't
> > know about "inline" in C mode.
> 
> But you don't necessarily use the same compiler for C and C++. You
> mentioned lcc as a non inline aware C compiler.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you use lcc as a C compiler,
> glibconfig.h will be set up so that glib.h #defines 'inline' away.
> 
> Then, if you try to compile something in C++ which includes glib.h,
> you're trapped.
> 
> Or am I missing something ?

nope, that's correct, but the glibconfig.h defines are not only system specific
ones, but compiler specific ones also. you can't switch compilers wihtout
reconfiguring glib, there's much stuff beyond inlining that will fail.

> 
> -- 
> 					Guillaume.
> 					http://www.worldnet.fr/~glaurent

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