extern modifier on function declarations

[Yao Qi]

On 16-12-08 10:45:10, Simon Marchi wrote:
> Hi gdb-patches,
> 
> Our coding style currently requires using the "extern" keyword on
> function declarations.  How relevant is this today?
> 
> I am not good at reading standards, but it is my impression that in
> C++, functions are always extern unless they are declared static.  I
> am sure some people here know that answer already.
> 
> If it's not useful anymore, I would suggest dropping it for future
> patches.  It doesn't change much, just a bit less verbosity and line
> wrapping.

I'd like to keep "extern", with respect to consistency.  As we move to
C++, I don't expect many new function declarations, instead, I expect
more classes are added and used.  Even some existing code can be
converted to classes.  In the long term, there should be less and less
function declarations.

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Yao (齐尧)