What does #idef _cplusplus extern "C" { #endif ... #ifdef _cplusplus } #endif mean

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What does #idef _cplusplus extern "C" { #endif ...  #ifdef _cplusplus } #endif mean

anonymous · Answer

It's that the same header can be used both in C and C++.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

If you're calling a function, for example in a library, that was compiled using a C compiler, you may end up getting linker errors, because C compilers mangle function names differently than C++ compilers. You can get around that by declaring the prototype to the C function as extern "C" - that way the C++ compiler knows it's a C-compiled function and mangles the function name for the call appropriately.