I see some code in C++ using extern "C" at the beginning of the file like this:
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {}
#endif
What does this mean? How does it work?
I see some code in C++ using extern C at the beginning of the
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I see some code in C++ using extern "C" at the beginning of the file like this:
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {}
#endif
What does this mean? How does it work?
It’s probably not like that, but more like:
It tells the compiler to use
Cname mangling for whatever is declared inside the directives.The way you have it now:
is just dead code.