I still want to say, extern(C) does not mean C function. It means C
linkage/calling convention. The function can easily be implemented in D
(druntime is full of this).
-Steve
>________________________________
> From: Michel Fortin <[email protected]>
>To: Discuss the dmd beta releases for D <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:34 PM
>Subject: Re: [dmd-beta] rvalue references
>
>Le 2012-04-12 à 17:24, Andrej Mitrovic a écrit :
>
>> Currently you don't have to use address-of operator if you mark the
>> extern(C) function as taking ref:
>>
>> extern(C) void c_modify_int(ref int x) { }
>> void modify_int(ref int x)
>> {
>> c_modify_int(x);
>> }
>
>Even if declaring C functions with ref is allowed, it can sometime be a
>problem to declare C functions like that. Not only it changes the usage, but
>also it's not too rare to see pointer parameters like this accepting a null
>pointer as a way to make the parameter optional, which ref won't let you do.
>
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