Re: Is it possible to generate a compile time error from an inline function?

David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:

On 13/07/2024 20:07, Richard Damon wrote:

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The question being since most C compilers are also C++ compilers,
they somethings accept this sort of C++ism as an extension.

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Actually, the vast majority of C compilers are /not/ also C++
compilers.   But the most popular C compilers, by a significant
margin, are C++ compilers.

I wouldn't quite put it that way.

gcc, clang, and Microsoft provide both C and C++ compilers, but they're
separate applications, perhaps invoked from a common driver program.
They typically share the same backend, but the frontends are separate.
I wouldn't expect to see any code that parses "int class;" and decides
whether it's a syntax error based on which language is being compiled.

The C and C++ frontends might share some code, but they're separate
applications.

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