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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: "Jason" <dygron AT ace-net DOT com DOT au>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:28:28 +0000
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Subject: Re: Compiling C and C++ in same project
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"Jason" <dygron AT ace-net DOT com DOT au> wrote:

> 	I have written some code in C++ and would like to add prewritten code and
> object files which were written in C.  Unfortunately, when the linker gets
> hold of the object files compiled under C to be linked with the object file
> compiled unter C++, I get errors saying that the functions defined in the C
> modules do not exist (but they really do!).  Is there a way to link both
> compiler types within the same project or do I have to rewrite them all to
> the same type?  (Also, could someone explain what the difference between
> object files produced by a C compiler, and object files produced by a C++
> compiler?).  Note: I'm using RHIDE to make projects...could this have
> something to do with it?  I'm confused!!!

RHIDE isn't the problem. Just enclose the prototypes of your C code (in the .h 
files) with:

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
....
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

Like all the standard C headers does.

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