isocpp.org/wiki/faq/mixing-c-and-cpp
[2] Bytes.com
[3] research.att.com
From [3]
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// C++ code: extern "C" void f(int); void f(int i){ // ... }
/* C code: */ void f(int); void cc(int i){ f(i); /* ... */ }
// C++ code: class C { // ... virtual double f(int); }; extern "C" double call_C_f(C* p, int i) // wrapper function { return p->f(i); }
/* C code: */ double call_C_f(struct C* p, int i); void ccc(struct C* p, int i){ double d = call_C_f(p,i); /* ... */ }
// C++ code: void f(int); void f(double); extern "C" void f_i(int i) { f(i); } extern "C" void f_d(double d) { f(d); }
/* C code: */ void f_i(int); void f_d(double); void cccc(int i,double d){ f_i(i); f_d(d); /* ... */ }
From [1]
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main.cpp
// This is C++ code #include "Fred.h" int main() { Fred fred; c_function(&fred); }
c-function.c
/* This is C code */ #include "Fred.h" void c_function(Fred* fred){ unsigned char lc; cplusplus_callback_function(fred); lc=Cplusplus_CallbackFunction_Wilma(456,fred); printf("return of C++ Wilma: %d\n",lc); }
Fred.cpp
// This is C++ code #include "Fred.h" #include/*std::cout<<*/ //Fred::Fred() : a_(0) { } Fred::Fred() { } void Fred::wilma(int a) { std::cout<<"wilma(arg) print arg "< Fred* cplusplus_callback_function(Fred* fred){ fred->wilma(123); return fred; } //Provide access of C++ methods from C code. unsigned char Cplusplus_CallbackFunction_Wilma(int a, Fred* fred){ fred->wilma(a); return(0); }
Fred.h
/* This header can be read by both C and C++ compilers */ #ifndef FRED_H #define FRED_H #ifdef __cplusplus class Fred { public: Fred(); void wilma(int); private: int a_; }; #else typedef struct Fred Fred; #endif #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif #if defined(__STDC__) || defined(__cplusplus) extern void c_function(Fred*); /* ANSI C prototypes */ extern Fred* cplusplus_callback_function(Fred*); extern unsigned char Cplusplus_CallbackFunction_Wilma(int a, Fred* fred); #else extern void c_function(); /* K&R style */ extern Fred* cplusplus_callback_function(); #endif #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /*FRED_H*/
Makefile
DESTDIR = ./ PROGRAM = $(DESTDIR)/CCallCplusplus SRCDIR = ./ INCL = -I ./ CP = g++ C = gcc #C = arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++ OBJS := $(addprefix $(DESTDIR)/,main.o Fred.o c-function.o) DEBUG = -g CFLAGS = -Wall $(DEBUG) all:$(PROGRAM) $(PROGRAM): $(OBJS) $(CP) -o $(PROGRAM) $(OBJS) -lpthread $(DESTDIR)/%.o:$(SRCDIR)/%.cpp $(CP) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(INCL) $(DESTDIR)/%.o:$(SRCDIR)/%.c $(C) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(INCL) clean : rm -f $(OBJS) rm -f $(PROGRAM)
Result:
wilma(arg) print arg 123
wilma(arg) print arg 456
return of C++ Wilma: 0