Fiddle with linkage to make extra/gc.c valid C++ code

Issue #206 (bdwgc).

Specifically: int i; int i = 0; is not valid, but:
extern int i; int i = 0; is valid.  Adding static would also be
desirable here but requires a larger change.

* extra/gc.c (GC_INNER, GC_EXTERN): Do not define if __cplusplus; add
comment and TODO item.

diff --git a/extra/gc.c b/extra/gc.c
index ea3648e..6cfc7d4 100644 (file)
--- a/extra/gc.c
+++ b/extra/gc.c
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@
 /* for GC and the client otherwise GC_thread_exit_proc() is not         */
 /* guaranteed to be invoked (see the comments in pthread_start.c).      */
 
-
-#define GC_INNER STATIC
-#define GC_EXTERN GC_INNER
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+  /* static is desirable here for more efficient linkage.               */
+  /* TODO: Enable this in case of the compilation as C++ code.          */
+# define GC_INNER STATIC
+# define GC_EXTERN GC_INNER
                 /* STATIC is defined in gcconfig.h. */
+#endif
 
 /* Small files go first... */
 #include "../backgraph.c"