/* Need to check scope for variable declaration (VAR_DECL).
For typedef (TYPE_DECL), scope is ignored. */
if (TREE_CODE (newdecl) == VAR_DECL
- && CP_DECL_CONTEXT (newdecl) != CP_DECL_CONTEXT (olddecl))
+ && CP_DECL_CONTEXT (newdecl) != CP_DECL_CONTEXT (olddecl)
+ /* [dcl.link]
+ Two declarations for an object with C language linkage
+ with the same name (ignoring the namespace that qualify
+ it) that appear in different namespace scopes refer to
+ the same object. */
+ && !(DECL_EXTERN_C_P (olddecl) && DECL_EXTERN_C_P (newdecl)))
return 0;
if (TREE_TYPE (newdecl) == error_mark_node)
warning (0, "prototype for %q+#D", newdecl);
warning (0, "%Jfollows non-prototype definition here", olddecl);
}
- else if (TREE_CODE (olddecl) == FUNCTION_DECL
+ else if ((TREE_CODE (olddecl) == FUNCTION_DECL
+ || TREE_CODE (olddecl) == VAR_DECL)
&& DECL_LANGUAGE (newdecl) != DECL_LANGUAGE (olddecl))
{
- /* extern "C" int foo ();
- int foo () { bar (); }
- is OK. */
+ /* [dcl.link]
+ If two declarations of the same function or object
+ specify different linkage-specifications ..., the program
+ is ill-formed.... Except for functions with C++ linkage,
+ a function declaration without a linkage specification
+ shall not precede the first linkage specification for
+ that function. A function can be declared without a
+ linkage specification after an explicit linkage
+ specification has been seen; the linkage explicitly
+ specified in the earlier declaration is not affected by
+ such a function declaration.
+
+ DR 563 raises the question why the restrictions on
+ functions should not also apply to objects. Older
+ versions of G++ silently ignore the linkage-specification
+ for this example:
+
+ namespace N {
+ extern int i;
+ extern "C" int i;
+ }
+
+ which is clearly wrong. Therefore, we now treat objects
+ like functions. */
if (current_lang_depth () == 0)
- SET_DECL_LANGUAGE (newdecl, DECL_LANGUAGE (olddecl));
+ {
+ /* There is no explicit linkage-specification, so we use
+ the linkage from the previous declaration. */
+ if (!DECL_LANG_SPECIFIC (newdecl))
+ retrofit_lang_decl (newdecl);
+ SET_DECL_LANGUAGE (newdecl, DECL_LANGUAGE (olddecl));
+ }
else
{
error ("previous declaration of %q+#D with %qL linkage",