Andrew Pinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In the 4.3 timeframe, can we also add a flag to enable the correct behavior? > Yes the problem with this is that we have to support this flag for a long time > but the benifit is that we can change the default to the new way with just > flipping > a switch.
Sure, that makes sense. > Also it would be nice to have an attribute or a new keyword to get > the old "extern inline" behavior, something like > __extern_but_inline? Or is there a real equavilant with C99 style > inling (I have not followed this part close enough to figure that > out). Yes, that was part of Zack's proposal--item number 1. There is no equivalent to gcc's "extern inline" in C99, nor is there any equivalent attribute. Ian