Bug#211586: complex.h misunderstood by g++

["Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de>]

Josh Stern wrote:
> Use of the C99 header <complex.h> in a C library header that
> is then used within a C++ program causes compile/linkage
> problems.   This problem was discovered via failing to compile
> small examples using the m_get function in the meschach library
> version included in Debian. 

This is not a bug. The C99 complex type is not supported in
ISO C++98, or GNU C++.

Regards,
Martin