Re: Calling C++ from within ADA

[harvey@blkbox.COM (Greg Harvey)]

ka@socrates.hr.att.com (Kenneth Almquist) writes:

>CVANOVER@bamanet.ua.edu wrote:
>> Is there a way to call a C++ procedure from within ADA?  I can call a C 
>> procedure with 
>>
>> package C_LIB is
>>         procedure clear_screen;
>>         procedure sleep_a_moment;
>> private
>>         pragma interface(c,clear_screen);
>>         pragma interface(c,sleep_a_moment);
>> end C_LIB;
>>
>> However, when I compile the same C procedure in C++ [things don't work].

>Change the interface pragmas to tell the Ada compiler that the
>procedures are C++ procedures rather than C procedures.  If you can't
>do this becuase your Ada compiler doesn't know about C++, add the
>following to your C++ code:

>extern "C" void clear_screen(void);
>extern "C" void sleep_a_moment(void);

>This will tell the C++ compiler to use C calling conventions for these
>procedures.
>					Kenneth Almquist

Isn't this where the people who like to complain about object-based languages
with no static binding start showing up?

;)

Greg Harvey (harvey@blkbox.com)