Re: Calling C++ from C

Hi,

I think you can mix and match C and C++ in the same project, the extern keyword is when you need to do external linkage and need a calling convention. Apparently, the IDE will invoke compilers slightly differently depending on whether you have an *.c or *.cpp file extension on the source file.

See the topic "Using extern to Specify Linkage" in the "Visual C++ Language Reference". This is a good place to start.

Andrew Chalk wrote:
To include C code in a C++ source module I can use

extern "C" ..

From C, can I include C++ code via some easy keyword? Or is this facility just not implemented.

I am using VC v8.0.

Many thanks.




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Gerry Hickman (London UK)
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