Re: AC_C_RESTRICT and C/C++

[Paul Eggert]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

>   /* Define to equivalent of C99 restrict keyword, or to nothing if this
>      is not supported.  Do not define if restrict is supported directly.  */
>   #ifdef __cplusplus
>   #define restrict
>   #else
>   #define restrict _Restrict
>   #endif

That sounds a bit pessimistic, since the semantics of "restrict" is
available in some C++ compilers.  We shouldn't penalize these
compilers merely because Sun's C++ compiler disagrees with its C
compiler.

Would it suffice to append this to config.h?  I don't have easy access
to Sun C 5.0 any more (it's pretty old).

/* Work around a bug in Sun C++: it does not support _Restrict, even
   though the corresponding Sun C compiler does.  Perhaps some future
   version of Sun C++ will work with _Restrict; if so, it'll probably
   define __RESTRICT, just as Sun C does.  */
#if defined __SUNPRO_CC && !defined __RESTRICT
# define _Restrict
#endif