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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Interfacing with C
Date: 1999/09/22
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In article <7s9nke$m2o@dfw-ixnews15.ix.netcom.com>,
  Richard D Riehle <LaoXhai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> We have a client who needs to interface to C++.  Has anyone completed
a reliable
> package that corresponds to the Interfaces.C for C++?   At present,
they are using

That's not really doable unless the Ada compiler is coded with knowledge
of the name-mangling algorithm that the C++ compiler uses (which is
*not* in the standard, and thus is subject to change every time the C++
compiler is revised). If you are using gcc and Gnat you may be in luck,
but I'm unaware of any other compiler that can deal with this.

I believe the usual technique is to use the C++ C interface features in
the C++ code (eg: extern "C"), and Ada's C interface features in the Ada
code.

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