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On Tuesday 08 July 2003 10:14, Jane Young wrote:
> As I mentioned, I used C to implement our previous program, can I still
> wrap it?
as C++ is pretty much a superset of C[1] you should be able to wrap it just
fine. there are couple different ways to go at it ("porting" the C into a C++
class structure, using the C functions from native C++ classes as if it were
a library, actually creating a library, etc), and it really all comes down to
how much C code you have, how it was originally designed, how much time you
are willing to spend on it and how importnat going-forward maintenance is to
you. it usually isn't too difficult, though poor initial design can make it
harder than necessary.
you could just turn your C code into a .so, export a public interface in a
header file and link against that from your C++ program. this is often the
easiest way, and doesn't tie you to C++ in the future. but again, it really
depends on the details.
[1] i'm fully aware this is a generalization and not 100% technically
accurate. but it's close enough to accurate for this conversation. =)
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