Re: 2nd Try: Shared libraries w/ C++ and libltdl

[Kevin Atkinson]

On 11 Apr 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Apr 11, 2000, Kevin Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >> You're linking C++ libraries to a C program?  That seems a bit odd.  Did I
> >> misunderstand you?
> 
> > Why?  I have a library that is written in C++ but I would like C
> > programs to be able to use my library via extern "C" functions.
> > What is so strange about that?
> 
> You'll be tying the users of any other programs or libraries going to
> be linked together with yours to the same C++ compiler.  That's
> because `cout' has a difference representation in each compiler, and
> each one may try to initialize it assuming its own layout.
> 
> It's not clear to me whether this depends on `cout' being used by your
> library.  I believe the mere fact of having the C++ (shared) library
> linked into a program causes `cout' to be initialized.

What are you trying to get at.  Are you saying that linking C++ libraries
into a pure C program simply won't work?

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Kevin Atkinson
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