Re: error in epan/tfs.h

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

On 18 jul. 2011, at 15:15, Andreas <AndreasSander1 () gmx net> wrote:

> Am 18.07.2011 10:12, schrieb Guy Harris:
> > On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Helge Kruse wrote:
> >
> > > I use always C++ to write my custom dissectors. Did you surround the Wireshark #include with extern "C" like this?
> >
> > Perhaps Wireshark should surround the body of epan/tfs.h with that....
>
> Well, Wireshark is a C project. It uses C libraries as the GTK library. Therefore there is no need to add the 'extern 
> "C"' guards to compile Wireshark.
>
> It would be helpful, if all Wireshark header files add theses guards. This would improve the compatibility with C++ 
> compilers. But this may be error prone, since the authors must remember this when creating a new header file. A 
> missing guard would not be detected as long as a C++ user will use it. Therefore I prefer to set the guards in the 
> consuming C++ project.

+1

Thanks,
Jaap
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