Re: linking libgit.a in C++ projects
From: Pedro Melo <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:05
On Jul 31, 2008, at 12:10 PM, cte wrote:
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Dmitry Potapov [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 02:53:37AM -0700, cte wrote:quoted
However, the git source uses a few reserved C++ keywords; namely 'typename', and 'new'.Because this source code are meant to be compiled by C and not by C+ +! Even if we will have real git library for other applications to use, it still be compiled only by C. Thus, C++ keywords are not issue.
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Fortunately, g++ can compile C programs and link static libraries that were compiled by C compilers, unless of course, they use C++ keywords. I don't think it is unreasonable to rename the _very few_ C++ keywords in git's source in the interest of allowing C++ projects to leverage libgit.
I think the point Dmitry was trying to make is that you should compile libgit as C, using gcc, and then link it with your C++/Objective C code. No patch is required to git, only to your makefile/xcode project file. Best regards, -- Pedro Melo Blog: http://www.simplicidade.org/notes/ XMPP ID: melo@simplicidade.org Use XMPP!