6 Library introduction [library]

6.3 Library-wide requirements [requirements]

6.3.3 Using the library [using]

6.3.3.3 Linkage [using.linkage]

Entities in the C++ standard library have external linkage ( ISO/IEC 14882:2014 §[basic.link]). Unless otherwise specified, objects and functions have the default extern "C++" linkage ( ISO/IEC 14882:2014 §[dcl.link]).