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From: ekrell@ulysses.att.com
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Subject: Re: extern "C" int optind;
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Date: 4 Jun 89 14:29:06 GMT
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extern "C" {
...
}

is a wrapper for everything inside the braces, but

extern "C" int foo;

works for a single declaration. cfront 2.0 generates

extern int foo;

from that. g++ should do the same.