On 10/24/20 7:24 AM, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?59276
As I understand it, the problem here is that Gnulib-using C++ code can't use
'restrict' as an identifier. This is worth documenting so I installed the
attached patch. It's low priority to try to fix this, as it's a very minor
restriction on Gnulib-using C++ code.
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From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:35:17 -0700
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* doc/gnulib-readme.texi (C99 features assumed): Document
that ‘restrict’ should be avoided in C++ code.
---
ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
doc/gnulib-readme.texi | 2 ++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 39257f6e2..8fa32e1ec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-10-24 Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+ doc: mention ‘restrict’ and C++
+ * doc/gnulib-readme.texi (C99 features assumed): Document
+ that ‘restrict’ should be avoided in C++ code.
+
2020-10-20 Bernhard Voelker <m...@bernhard-voelker.de>
selinux-at, selinux-h: port to SELinux 3.1
diff --git a/doc/gnulib-readme.texi b/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
index 2ec11d554..beb0ca9b6 100644
--- a/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-readme.texi
@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ Variadic macros.
@item
The @code{restrict} qualifier, assuming
@code{AC_REQUIRE([AC_C_RESTRICT])} is used.
+This qualifier is sometimes implemented via a macro, so C++ code that
+uses Gnulib should avoid using @code{restrict} as an identifier.
@item
Flexible array members (however, see the @code{flexmember} module).
--
2.25.1
