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From: beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith)
Subject: Re: Ada/C++ interface (SPARC Works)
Date: 1995/04/22
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organization: Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
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Date: 1995-04-22T00:00:00+00:00
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Deepak Kumar (dkumar@blackcat) wrote:
: Has anyone tried to interface/use C++ code through Ada programs successfully
: using the SUN Ada and SUN C++ compilers?

: I have some code that uses a C library function, I compile this with the
: SPARC C++ compiler and it doesn't link with the Ada code. if I compile
: it with GCC it links just fine.

C++ compilers mangle function names.  You either must have or define a C only
interface.  You can tell the C++ compiler not to mangle certain C code:

extern "C" {

    ...

};

Then compile the code with the Sun C++ compiler.  Your Ada pragma's can
then resolve to the unmangled names.