mailhot@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Pierre Mailhot) (05/08/90)
I'm sorry if this topic has already been covered several times before, but I'm relatively new as regard of C++ and I'm looking for a simple way to include C program source code into a C++ program. My problem is as followed: I'm currently using a modified version of the AT&T C++ preprocessor which when I include C #include files in a C++ program doesn't include the #define instructions from these files. As anybody encountered this problem and/or found a solution to it? Please e-mail me any answer. -- Pierre Mailhot Universite de Montreal, Dep. I.R.O. V-135, C.P. 6128, succursale A Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, CANADA, (514) 343-6006, (514) 766-4645 mailhot@iro.umontreal.ca, mailhot@iros1.UUCP
rfg@ics.uci.edu (Ronald Guilmette) (05/08/90)
In article <1990May7.172718.3230@IRO.UMontreal.CA> mailhot@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Pierre Mailhot) writes: >I'm sorry if this topic has already been covered several times before, >but I'm relatively new as regard of C++ and I'm looking for a simple way >to include C program source code into a C++ program. > >My problem is as followed: I'm currently using a modified version of the AT&T >C++ preprocessor which when I include C #include files in a C++ program >doesn't include the #define instructions from these files. > >As anybody encountered this problem and/or found a solution to it? > >Please e-mail me any answer. Sorry. I'm posting my reply because it may be of general interest. If you have a (modified & non-standard) preprocessor which is broken, the solution is to get one which is not modified and/or not broken. If you include a file, you should get the #defines in that file. For now, let's assume that you are going to get a non-broken preprocessor. Now, if you have code (either "base" files or include files) which you need to run through a C++ translator or compiler, you may (and probably will) need to make modifications to that code before it will pass cleanly through a C++ language processor. Some of the modifications can be made for you via an automated tool that I have built called protoize. This tool is freely available. Send me mail and I'll tell you how to obtain a copy. // Ron Guilmette (rfg@ics.uci.edu) // C++ Entomologist // Motto: If it sticks, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.