Subj : Help: Upgrade project from Turbo C++ 3.0  to Borland C++ 5.02
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Bryan Barton" <bryan@NOSPAMdispatchingsolutions.com>
Date : Mon Mar 01 2004 11:45 am

I am attempting to upgrade a C++ project from TC++ 3.0 to BC++ 5.02 and I
get the following error:

stdlib.h(630,19): Templates and overloaded operators cannot have C linkage.

Previously in my TC++ 3.0 project I basically wrapped all my C-library
include directives with:

extern "C"
{
    #include "iolib.h"
    #include "commlib.h"
}

The TC++ project has always built correctly, but now I get this new error. I
am assuming it's because the iolib.h file has the line #include <stdlib.h>.
It didn't cause errors in the TC++ complier, are there big enough changes to
the stdlib that would create such an error in the BC++ compiler?

I have tried a few things like wrapping all the C function declarations in
the iolib.h header file with the extern tag, but it created another list of
errors, so I wanted to ask for some advice before continuing, just in case
there is an easier way to solve it. I don't want to create a more hairy
situation by modifying too much of the original code if there is a quicker
fix.

Is there a simpler way to upgrade the project to get it compiled and running
correctly again?

Thank you in advance for your help.

- Bryan Barton

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