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Hi everyone!! I am developing a GTK application in C, and I need to know if it is possible to insert C++ code into my C code.

I am using Linux, gcc compiler, and I can't change to gtkmm to develop in C++.

Thank you very very much!!

C compilers won't recognize keywords like new, delete, class, template, etc,

I'm in Linux, why you can't change to gtkmm or wxGTK?

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Hi,

It is not totally clear what you mean by "insert C++ code into C code". Although C++ is based on C with object orientated extras, there are enough differences between the languages that can cause you problems.

These include

- Name mangling
- Extra keywords under C++
- Differences in the way enums and chars are treated

So care must be taken when taking a C language source code and compiling it under a C++ compiler.

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I can not move to gtkmm because it is a large source code I have not implemented, I have to add some functionalities, and I would like to program them using objects in C++, but my problem is that the compiler should be gcc, because of GTK.

Thank you very much!!!

You may be able to do this with extra care taken to watch out for the differences between the languages. The C++ objects can only be accessed within a C++ source file. Anything that needs to be accessed by your C code needs to be made accessible using the keyword :-

This stops the name mangling that would be done normally in C++. It also stops function and name over-riding and other C++ features relating to the variable or function.

If you are not going to be using gtkmm then it may be better to stay with C, especially since the rest of the project is already in C.

Note you do not have to use gcc because you are using GTK+. Code using the GTK+ libraries can be compiled using other compilers.

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