In RH Linux 9, when compiling my C++ program with lines as below:

extern "C" struct s {int x;};
static enum e{A=0, B, C};

g++ said:

storage class specified for field `x'
`static' can only be specified for objects and functions

Is this just the implementation of g++? That means I can't use static and extern "C" for those lines of code?

Actually, those lines of code were compiled OK with Sun CC compiler (Sun ONE Studio 8 in Solaris 8). I wonder if C++ standard allows such declarations but g++ didn't implement them or such declarations are just an extension of Sun CC compiler

Another question: with GNU g++/gcc compiler and its C++ library, can I use both traditional C++ lib (e.g., classic iostream) and standard C++ lib (e.g., standard iostream) in my C++ program. Are the both libraries implemented in glibstdc++?

Any help will be appreciated.

Luu Vo.

I wasn't aware that was allowed by _any_ C++ compiler. What does it mean?

enum is a type you cannot use the static qualifier, so use this instead:

Also I think you want to change the extern bit to:

I would have to check this one though, don't have any references to hand ... basically I think you only want C language linkage.
You have not created an actual value or function so you can't give it extern linkage that your syntax tries to, but I may stand corrected.

HTH