This is not a bug. The headers are also not usable in pascal or fortran programs.
On Mar 6, 2011 2:00 PM, "Samuel Thibault" <
INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org> wrote:
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> Summary: GNU/Hurd headers don't pass c++
> Project: The GNU Hurd
> Submitted by: sthibaul
> Submitted on: dim. 06 mars 2011 21:43:05 CET
> Category: None
> Severity: 3 - Normal
> Priority: 5 - Normal
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> Open/Closed: Open
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> Details:
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> for instance:
> /usr/include/hurd/signal.h: In function 'hurd_sigstate*
> _hurd_self_sigstate()':
> /usr/include/hurd/signal.h:136: error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to
> 'hurd_sigstate**'
> and hurd/hurd.h
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> Even with external "C" { }
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> I tried to submit a patch to turn them c++, but roland rejected it,
> saying (
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2007-08/msg00006.html)
> “I really think you need to find another approach. The libc
> code is in C, actually in GNU C. The original purpose of C++ was
> to be usefully interoperable with C code, and it's a shame if its
> implementors have lost sight of that. But their failings are not going
> to make me start using an uglified stupid hybrid crap style instead of
> GNU C.”
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