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Issue 21970 - importC: Error: variable extern symbols cannot have initializers
Summary: importC: Error: variable extern symbols cannot have initializers
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: All All
: P1 major
Assignee: No Owner
URL:
Keywords: ImportC, rejects-valid
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Reported: 2021-05-25 16:11 UTC by Iain Buclaw
Modified: 2021-05-27 10:00 UTC (History)
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Description Iain Buclaw 2021-05-25 16:11:26 UTC 
All extern variables are rejected.
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extern int signgam;
extern char *program_invocation_name;
Comment 1 Iain Buclaw 2021-05-26 12:47:53 UTC 
PR raised https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/12587
Comment 2 Iain Buclaw 2021-05-27 10:00:52 UTC 
Committed to mainline as https://github.com/dlang/dmd/commit/096fbae96028b1ab0dfda554d4b1661bb45668da