RE: [PHP-DEV] Extensions calling C++

> From: Sascha Schumann [mailto:sascha@schumann.cx] > > On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > That there are quite > > a few examples to people/projects employing this style (MFC & > Stingray, to > > name a couple of huge ones); And that quite frankly, I don't > care, since > > it looks nicer and makes the code flow significantly better. > IMHO, having > > macros without parentheses that cause side effects inside code, looks > > almost as ugly as #ifdef preprocessor directives and the likes. > It breaks > > the code flow. > > I replied that this argument might be reasonable for macros which are > similar to inline functions, but that it is not extensible to linkage > declarators. > > Additionally, the foundation of today's C development (namely ISO C, > POSIX, SUS) does not use the controversial notation, neither the > standards, the rationales nor the examples thereof. > I would like to add to this debate for those who are interested that Netscape, in their NSPR module, does not have parens in PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C or PR_END_EXTERN_C. --John