C And C++ Coding Standards

Question

What are best practices with regards to C and C++ coding standards? Should developers be allowed to willy-nilly mix them together. Are there any complications when linking

Answer 1

C++ doesn't do 'typesafe checks' at run time unless you ask for them (by using dynamic_cast). C++ is highly compatible with C, so you may freely call C libraries as you wish and compile C code with a C++ compiler. C++ does not imply 'object-oriented', and you should get no performance penalty from using it.

If you mix code compiled with gcc and with g++, see Graeme's answer.