C++ code with external C API --> static library?

[Ingolf Steinbach]

Hi,

what are the necessary steps with gcc/g++ to solve the following
problem:
1. Target is a static library
2. The library presents a C language API
3. Internally, the library is implemented in C++ and makes
   heavy use of standard components from the stdc++ library
4. A user shall be able to use the library with gcc without
   having to know that the library is implemented in C++
   (i.e. the library must not reference unresolved C++ related
   symbols; all these symbols have to be resolved when the
   library is created).
5. Only symbols from the C language API are to be exported
   by the library. No internal symbols shall be visible.

(For step 2, I use the usual approach: #ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" { #endif -- and the similar for the closing brace.)

Any suggestions?

Kind regards
    Ingolf
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