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[Jeremy Allison]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 03:07:31PM +0200, Stefan (metze) Metzmacher wrote:
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> tridge at samba.org schrieb:
> > Metze,
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> >  > yes, the goal should be to let c++ applications make use of our libraries.
> > 
> > oh, that's a diifferent goal to what I've heard discussed
> > previously. I thought Volker was just focussed on the useful warnings?
> > 
> > Is it really practical to make our libraries usable in real C++
> > programs, without adding a lot of C++ specific code?
> 
> I think adding
> 
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> extern "C" {
> #endif
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> }
> #endif
> 
> in the header files would be all we need.
> That's what I see in a lot of files under /usr/include/
> e.g. all apr*.h files

Yep - and as C++ is a superset of C (except for the occasional
sytax hiccup we've noticed) then that's all you need to do
to make things work.

Jeremy.