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I want to create a library with c interface but with c++
implementation. But I don't know if there exist some potential
problems.
Any advice? thanks!

zade <> writes:
> I want to create a library with c interface but with c++
> implementation. But I don't know if there exist some potential
> problems.
> Any advice? thanks!

C doesn't define an interface to C++.

C++, however, does define an interface to C, using 'extern "C"'.

So despite the fact that your question has to do with both C and C++,
comp.lang.c++ is the right place to ask it.

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:40:42 -0700, zade <>
wrote:

>I want to create a library with c interface but with c++
>implementation. But I don't know if there exist some potential
>problems.
>Any advice? thanks!

Ask in a newgroup where your compilers are topical.


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>I want to create a library with c interface but with c++
> implementation. But I don't know if there exist some potential
> problems.
> Any advice? thanks!
>
No real problems. You need to declare every function you export as "extern
C" in C++, and of course not overload or use other C++ specials.
You will need a C++ compiler to compile the C++ source, of course.

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