Using c99 in C++'s `extern "C"` blocks

Question

I would like to have a function written in C, but callable from C++ which takes a restricted pointer. This is only available in c99, so g++ doesn't like it, even in extern "C" blocks. How can I get around this limitation?

Answer 1

#ifdef __cplusplus
#   ifdef __GNUC__
#       define restrict __restrict__ // G++ has restrict
#   else
#       define restrict // C++ in general doesn't
#   endif
#endif