RE: [JDEV] c / c++?

["Nicholas M. Kirsch" <nkirsch@olaf.nick.org>]

True, that is for using C inside C++, not vice versa. The C++ compiler can
handle linking the functions of both. What is talked about here is
generating object files with a C++ compiler and seperately linking them
with C source files. 

Nick

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Thomas Charron wrote:

> 	I COULD be wrong, but I BELIEVE that you can link C++ to C by using
> directives stating to the C++ compiler to produce C type namespace instead..
> What I had to do in order to call the C functions from C++ is to use extern
> "C" { #include "common.h" }, and I'd image that there is something simular..
> Myself, I LOVE C++..\
> 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-jdev@jabber.org [mailto:owner-jdev@jabber.org]On Behalf Of
> > Nicholas M. Kirsch
> > Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 1:42 AM
> > To: jdev@jabber.org
> > Subject: Re: [JDEV] c / c++?
> >
> >
> >
> > Traditionally C compilers have trouble linking with C++ libraries. This is
> > because C++ allows for function overloading (ie. having foo (void) & foo
> > (int) ) and therefore mangles the symbol table.
> >
> > Not that there isn't a way around it, but have you looked into any ANSI C
> > cryptography libraries.. I've played around with a couple that are good.
> > Let me look them up and direct you to their sites.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Jeremie wrote:
> >
> > > > Hey guys...are we sticking purely with ANSI C, or is the use
> > of C++ kosher
> > > > at all? (I'm wondering because the Crypto++ toolkit has loads
> > and loads of
> > > > stuff..but it's all C++...like heavy use of templates and all...like I
> > > > think it might not even compile with g++ 2.7.2.x).
> > >
> > > I'd like to keep the distributed base source straight XP ANSI
> > C, but since
> > > your stuff will live in mod_digsig, I'm sure we can add all the right
> > > conditional wrappers into the header files so that you can
> > compile it with
> > > a C++ compiler and we'll just link the two together, right?  I haven't
> > > done much C++ stuff so I don't really know how that might work.
> > >
> > > mod_digsig could be distributed similiar to how mod_php is for
> > Apache, as
> > > a seperately compiled external app, and just the .o/.a files are copied
> > > into the jabber distro and then linked in.  Would this work?
> > >
> > > Jer
> > >
> >
>