https://play.rust-lang.org/?gist=d8a933822fb81608431b4001e6bae154&version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2015 Given this ```rust #![crate_type = "rlib"] extern "C" { pub static mut foo: fn()->(); // WARNS //pub static mut bar: fn "extern"()->(); // ERRORS pub static mut baz: extern fn()->(); // OK } ``` the warning on `foo` is: ```shell | 4 | pub static mut foo: fn()->(); // WARNS | ^^^^^^^^ | = note: #[warn(improper_ctypes)] on by default = help: consider using an `fn "extern"(...) -> ...` function pointer instead ``` The code suggested does not work though, it should be `extern fn(...) -> ...` instead.