Manfred Nowak wrote:

> Agreed. Walter seems to have switched from a programmers point of view on D to a compiler writers point of view on D.

I'm not sure that Walter ever switched *from*
the compiler writers point of view on D... :-)

--anders

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:36:49 +0000 (UTC), Manfred Nowak <svv1999@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Regan Heath" <regan@netwin.co.nz> wrote:
> So the specs are ambiguous. However, a discussion on the specs
> wouldn't help Carlos.

True, but you've already done that. :)

Regan

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 08:46:47 +0000 (UTC), Manfred Nowak wrote:
> 
> 
>>Carlos <carlos2003nov@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>the linker complains:
>>>   bsderr.obj(bsderr)
>>>   Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D6bsderr7programPa
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>Change
>>
>>extern char* program;
>>
>>to
>>
>>extern (D) char* program;
> 
> 
> Curiously if you use "extern (C) char* program;" it also compiles and runs
> correctly. This might be a bug, in either dmd or the documentation.
> 

But don't extern(D) and extern(C) have different name mangling affects also? extern(D) usually appends the current module/namespace to the name, while extern(C) typically keeps the symbol name undecorated.

-JJR