From 0dfd2fad8bd1557bab3458c48cff6eeabca84693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pierre Muller Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:51:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gdbint.texinfo (Function prototypes): Require use of "extern" modifier for function prototypes in headers. --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 6fcf81da035..44077d03eb1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-12-23 Pierre Muller + + * gdbint.texinfo (Function prototypes): Require use of "extern" + modifier for function prototypes in headers. + 2012-12-19 Joel Brobecker * refcard.tex: Update copyright notice to GPL v3 or later. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index bb7e5e570ca..945431d4a8b 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -5935,7 +5935,8 @@ argument type and name, with the name matching that used in the actual function definition. All external functions should have a declaration in a header file that -callers include, except for @code{_initialize_*} functions, which must +callers include, that declaration should use the @code{extern} modifier. +The only exception concerns @code{_initialize_*} functions, which must be external so that @file{init.c} construction works, but shouldn't be visible to random source files. -- 2.30.2