Re: LYNX-DEV C++/C mix

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> I need a crash course on mixing C++ and C if anyone can oblige.  I have a
> C++ library that [supposedly] allows djgpp programs to use winsock.  This
> could mean a lynx for Win3.x, but only if I can find a way to mix them.
> 
> The winsock.h that comes with it is itself written in c++.  It contains
> classes and substituting that for the normal tcp libraries results in a
> lot of:
I don't think there's a reliable way to call C++ from C, except (possibly)
by adding a layer in C++ that is defined w/o classes in its interface
(otherwise, the name-mangling produces this sort of problem).
 
> `Param' undeclared here (not in a function)
> warning: data definition has no type or storage
> 
> It comes with a couple of pre-compiled samples written in C++.  The
> samples do seem to work and use winsock, so I am hopeful--I just need a
> big clue.
> 
> TIA,
> Wayne.
> 
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