'Creating a shared library for both C and C++
Say I want to have a small library with some common functionality for TCP sockets. Now for C++ code I want to create classes such as TCPClient, TCPServer, etc. but for C code I want to have just functions and structs.
Is it a common/recommended practice to combine those in the same shared library?
Solution 1:[1]
You will have problem linking C with a C++ library.
Generate a C library (only functions and structs). Then you can either link it directly within C code, or write a C++ wrapper which declares the wanted Classes and calls C function, wrapped in an extern "C" {} statement.
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