As even 4.2.0 is not released yet, we will make changes at an appropriate
time. The GNU and C99 semantics for 'inline' are known to be
incompatible.
>From src/include/Rinlinedfuns.h:
/* this header is always to be included from others.
It is only called if COMPILING_R is defined (in util.c) or
from GNU C systems.
There are different conventions for inlining across compilation units.
We pro tem only use the GCC one. See
http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2003/03/inline.html
*/
and note the 'pro tem'.
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that with the GCC trunk (4.3.0), the semantics of "extern
> inline" have reversed.
> The net result is that R will build without the usual-stdc=gnu99 but it
> won't with it.
> Many multiple definitions result otherwise.
>
> Marcus
>
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