Code:
```
class Parent
{
}
extern(C++) class Child : Parent
{
}
```
This code crashes LDC. The response was this code is invalid and should be rejected.
https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/3959
Comment #1 by dkorpel — 2022-04-15T08:46:09Z
It's indeed not valid:
https://dlang.org/spec/cpp_interface.html#classes
> Unlike classes and interfaces with D linkage, extern (C++) classes and interfaces are not rooted in Object and cannot be used with typeid.
Comment #2 by dlang-bot — 2022-04-15T08:48:50Z
@dkorpel created dlang/dmd pull request #13984 "Fix issue 23017 - C++ class may not derive from D class" fixing this issue:
- Fix issue 23017 - C++ class may not derive from D class
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/13984
Comment #3 by dlang-bot — 2022-04-17T23:17:35Z
dlang/dmd pull request #13984 "Fix issue 23017 - C++ class may not derive from D class" was merged into master:
- 06d9c42d52ab05e8eaecbd18468acce352b255c3 by Dennis Korpel:
Fix issue 23017 - C++ class may not derive from D class
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/13984