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Subj : Re: extern "C"
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : "Sebastian Gantzert" <sgantzert@t-online.de>
Date : Wed Oct 15 2003 09:25 pm

Thanks, the version with #ifdef __cplusplus works fine. Next time I will
post to the 'cppbuilder' newsgroup. Thought it would be a general c/c++
question.


"Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:3f8d51da$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Check if this works:
>
>   -------------------------
>   extern "C" {
>     void __stdcall test1(void);
>     void __stdcall test2();
>     }
>   -------------------------
>
> However header files have a way of being used in both C and C++ programs
so
> the following might be a better way:
>
>   -------------------------
>   #ifdef __cplusplus
>   extern "C" {
>   #endif
>
>     void __stdcall test1(void);
>     void __stdcall test2();
>
>   #ifdef __cplusplus
>     }
>   #endif
>   -------------------------
>
> Mr Salzman is correct.  This is the newsgroup for the old Borland C++
> compiler.  Please post C++ Builder questions in C++ Builder groups, groups
> with the word 'cppbuilder' in their name.
>
> .  Ed
>
> > Sebastian Gantzert wrote in message
> > news:3f8d47b5@newsgroups.borland.com...
> >
> > BCB5. Service Pack 1.
> >
> > Hi. I want to write a header-file importing a function
> > from somewhere else.
> >
> > What's wrong with these lines of code
> >
> > extern "C" void __stdcall test1(void);
> > extern "C" void __stdcall test2();
> >
> > so that the following error occurs:
> > C++ Error: E2040 Declaration terminated incorrectly.
> >
> > The following lines are correctly parsed:
> > extern void __stdcall test1(void);
> > extern void __stdcall test2();
> >
> > But I need extern "C".
>
>

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