what is the use of extern "c"

[Tim Prince]

On 1/20/2013 10:47 PM, horseriver wrote:
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extern "C" basically shuts off C++ symbol mangling (and facilities which 
depend on it), so as to facilitate linking with C and with languages 
such as Fortran which support C interoperability.  The definition seems 
rather loose; we frequently see reference operators used even though 
their compatibility with C is doubtful.

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Tim Prince