Linking libraries that are written in C++ with a C interface

Gerry via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sun Jun 8 19:12:56 PDT 2014


On Monday, 9 June 2014 at 01:47:57 UTC, Gerry wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to link a library that is written in C++ that 
> provides a C interface. Unfortunately the lib is proprietary, 
> so I can't include the code. I'm getting undefined references 
> to new and delete operators etc.  This links fine with gcc. I'm 
> using the following command line to build.
>
> dmd test.d file1.d file2.d -L/path/to/lib/lib.a
>
> Is this the write way to link a static library? I was actually 
> using ldc, but couldn't get that to work at all.
>
> Thanks,
> -G

Looks like the issue is related to linking a static lib not C++. 
Shared lib links fine. Had to use gdc to do it though.

Thanks,
-G


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