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Accessing C++ Compiled libraries.
Hi
I was just wondering if there was anyway to access C++ Libraries through C.
I know that C cannot support the objects that C++ supports, but lets say for example there was a function written in C++ like
int myfunc(int num){
myClass myclass();
myclass.printNum();
return myclass.getNum();
}
Although this serves no useful purpose, I was just wondering, that if you wrapped object handlers up in functions, like in the above, could you use them in C.
What made me curious about this, was that Python is written in C(I believe), and it can Handle QT stuff(which is written in C++).
I was just wondering if there was anyway to access C++ Libraries through C.
I know that C cannot support the objects that C++ supports, but lets say for example there was a function written in C++ like
int myfunc(int num){
myClass myclass();
myclass.printNum();
return myclass.getNum();
}
Although this serves no useful purpose, I was just wondering, that if you wrapped object handlers up in functions, like in the above, could you use them in C.
What made me curious about this, was that Python is written in C(I believe), and it can Handle QT stuff(which is written in C++).
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To add to mtmike's answer, extern "C" tells the compiler not to mangle the names so that the names can be resolved during the link process.
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So that's what extern "C" does, thanks mtmike.
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