CWG Issue 1555 (original) (raw)

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2025-11-05

1555. Language linkage and function type compatibility

Section: 7.6.1.3 [expr.call]Status: NADSubmitter: Daniel KrüglerDate: 2012-09-18

Currently function types with different language linkage are not compatible, and 7.6.1.3 [expr.call] paragraph 1 makes it undefined behavior to call a function via a type with a different language linkage. These features are generally not enforced by most current implementations (although some do) between functions with C and C++ language linkage. Should these restrictions be relaxed, perhaps as conditionally-supported behavior?

Rationale (October, 2012):

CWG felt that this language design question would be better considered by EWG.

EWG 2022-11-11

Any changes in this area should be pursued via a paper to EWG.