le 3/03/2000 10:42, Garth Watkins � [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit�:
> My question is, what is the significance of 'extern "C"
> functionPrototypes }'
C++ supports overloading. This means that you can write 2 functions with the
same name, provided they have different arguments. Example:
void MyMethod(long pParam);
long MyMethod(char* pParam);
The above declaration is legal in C++, not in C.
In order for the linker not to get confused with 2 identical names, C++
compilers provide what is called "named decoration", which typically makes
the above look like something (from the linker's point of view):
&$�#%@MyMethod&$�#%@
$*^�%%�MyMethod&�!�
Palm libraries being compiled in C, if the function declarations in the Palm
headers are not declared as C functions, the C++ compiler thinks they are
C++ decorated, and the linker fails to find them in the library modules.
By using extern "C", you explicitly tell the compiler to look for C method
names.
Eric
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