[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] extern "C" usage

[Ulrich von Zadow]

Diego Biurrun schrieb:
> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 04:14:49PM -0700, John Kelley wrote:
>>>> iam ok with removing them
>>> Removed.
>> Would a README.C++ file be accepted that outlined the need for the
>> __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS before inttypes.h and the fact that extern "C"
>> was removed from ffmpeg code and now must be added to any C++ code
>> that includes our headers?
> 
> Isn't this pretty standard C++ stuff?  It could go in the FAQ, surely
> not in a separate README.

Extern "C" is, __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS isn't standard C++ stuff.

>From my perspective as a C++ coder, an FAQ entry for
__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS would be enough.

Regards,

  Uli