How to mix C++ and C correctly

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Here is a working example:

wrapper.h (C & C++ aware)

#ifndef WRAPPER_H_
#define WRAPPER_H_

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

typedef struct CPPClass CPPClass;

CPPClass* CPPClass_new();
void CPPClass_do_something(CPPClass* cppclass);
int CPPClass_get_state(CPPClass* cppclass);
void CPPClass_delete(CPPClass* cppclass);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* WRAPPER_H_ */

wrapper.cpp (C++ only)

#include "wrapper.h"

class CPPClass
{
    int state;
public:
    CPPClass(): state(0) {}
    void do_something() { ++state; }
    int get_state() const { return state; }
};

extern "C" CPPClass* CPPClass_new()
{
    return new CPPClass;
}

extern "C" void CPPClass_do_something(CPPClass* cppclass)
{
    cppclass->do_something();
}

extern "C" int CPPClass_get_state(CPPClass* cppclass)
{
    return cppclass->get_state();
}

extern "C" void CPPClass_delete(CPPClass* cppclass)
{
    delete cppclass;
}

use-wrapper.c (C only)

#include <stdio.h>
#include "wrapper.h"

int main(void)
{
    CPPClass* cppclass = CPPClass_new();

    if(!cppclass)
    {
        printf("ERROR: failed to create CPPClass:\n");
        return 1;
    }

    printf("state: %d\n", CPPClass_get_state(cppclass));
    CPPClass_do_something(cppclass);
    printf("state: %d\n", CPPClass_get_state(cppclass));

    CPPClass_delete(cppclass);
}

Compile CPP

g++ -std=c++11 -shared -fPIC -o libwrapper.so wrapper.cpp

Compile C

gcc -o use-wrapper use-wrapper.c -L. -lwrapper -lstdc++

Output:

$ ./use-wrapper 
state: 0
state: 1

Hope that helps.

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