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

If you compile all your source with g++ then it is all compiled in C++ object files (i.e. with the appropriate name mangling and the C++ ABI).

You will only need to use the extern "C" trick if you are building libraries that need to be used by explicitly C applications that need to use the C ABI.

If everything is being compiled into a single executable then use g++ and treat everything as C++