[fpc-pascal]use of c++ libraries

[James Mills]

On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:39:18PM +0100, Olaf Leidinger wrote:
> > > Hello everybody!
> > >
> > > Let's say I've written a nice library in c++ and I'd like to use it in
> > > Free Pascal. The list archive sais that linking c++ libs (e.g. from gnu
> > > c++) isn't possible, yet - and using dynamic c++ libs isn't possible
> > > either.
> > 
> > This is correct. It isn't supported, and it is not likely to be supported in
> > the near future. It's a complicated issue, as there are no standards for
> > name mangling in C++, which makes linking to it dependent on the C compiler
> > version used to create the lib.
>  
> So I guess there isn't something on CVS I could use?

Convert the c++ source to pascal :)

cheers
James
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