Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ detection

[Jon Thackray]

Ok. But Ubuntu, a Debian derivative, has taken the decision to fix the 
problem. So now, C++ source is non-portable between Debian and Ubuntu. This 
doesn't do much for the user experience.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reinhard Tartler" <siretart at tauware.de>
To: "Jon Thackray" <jgt at pobox.com>
Cc: <499683 at bugs.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: Bug#499683: libavcodec-dev: libavcodec.h does not contain C++ 
detection


>
> tags 499683 wontfix
> stop
>
> "Jon Thackray" <jgt at pobox.com> writes:
>> When including avcodec.h in C++ source (and also avutils.h and
>> swscale.h), the compiler mangles the names. This then causes link
>> failures because the corresponding libraries have unmangled names. The
>> code that is missing is
>>
>> #ifdef __cplusplus
>> extern "C" {
>> #endif
>>
>> at the start of the file (just after the multiple inclusion guard) and
>> the corresponding
>
> Why don't you include this in the file that is including ffmpeg's
> headers?
>
> ffmpeg is an C only project. You cannot expect every random C library to
> support being included in an C++ project.
>
> -- 
> Gruesse/greetings,
> Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4
>
>