Re: Problems with libpcap and C++

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

David Rosal wrote:

> I've tried to use a class function member as a callback for pcap_loop(), 
> but the compiler complains that arguments don't match. The code is 
> something like this (I have simplified it):

        ...

> Should I avoid C++ and use C instead (don't say that please...)

Should you avoid C++ completely?  No.

Should you avoid writing the callback routine passed to pcap_loop() in 
C++?  No, but you should avoid, as far as I know, making it a class 
method, because it's not going to be passed a "self" pointer.

I'd suggest writing your own capture loop and using pcap_next_ex() 
instead, if you want to have the packet processing done by a class member.
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