Complation problem involving namespaces.

[Frederick Reeve]

Hey all I have a little compilation problem I think is related to name
spaces but being new to C++ still I don't know the program
(http://rafb.net/paste/results/f1416037.html) when it is being linked
returns with "undefined reference to foo" for function in a C lib i have
linked... any Ideas?

I am attempting to link a C lib and I think the complication comes in here
also.

If it would be better I can post the program in another message. Its only
153 lines. The program in the opening comments includes the command I use
to compile this and the c version of it. The C version compiles fine by
the way.

Thanks for being there guys.

 

[Ivan Vecerina]

| Hey all I have a little compilation problem I think is related to name
| spaces but being new to C++ still I don't know the program
| (http://rafb.net/paste/results/f1416037.html) when it is being linked
| returns with "undefined reference to foo" for function in a C lib i have
| linked... any Ideas?
|
| I am attempting to link a C lib and I think the complication comes in here
| also.
.....
| The C version compiles fine by the way.

To include C headers from a C++ program, you need to place them
within an extern "C" block:
extern "C" {
#include <SomeCHeader.h>
}
This is because the C++ compiler uses name mangling (encoding the type
of the parameters into the link name of a function) to allow function
overloading. This mangling is disabled within the extern "C" block...


Cheers,
Ivan

 

[Frederick Reeve]

To include C headers from a C++ program, you need to place them

within an extern "C" block:
extern "C" {
#include <SomeCHeader.h>
}
This is because the C++ compiler uses name mangling (encoding the type
of the parameters into the link name of a function) to allow function
overloading. This mangling is disabled within the extern "C" block...

Thanks a lot Ivan That took care of the problem.

Frederick.