Re: lua.h and c++

[Simon_Brown@...]

As you mention, Lua is a C library, so it's not unreasonable that 
C++-specific code is left out of the Lua headers.

I've been cleanly including Lua in C++ headers by wrapping the include 
directives as follows:

extern "C" {
#include "lua.h"
#include "lualib.h"
#include "lauxlib.h"
} // extern "C"

I guess if you wanted to be even cleaner you could put these contents into 
a "lua.hpp" file and include that in your project.

Simon Brown
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
http://www.scee.com

lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br wrote on 27/09/2004 16:41:04:

> I love the language, but whenever I install Lua on a
> machine I need to make an alteration to the header file.
> 
> The following section allows C programs to use Lua
> functions if the Lua libraries are compiled in C.
> 
> /* mark for all API functions */
> #ifndef LUA_API
> #define LUA_API      extern
> #endif
> 
> It works for C++ only if the libraries are compiled in C++.
> To get both C and C++ programs working with the C library,
> I change that section of the lua.h header to the following:
> 
> /* mark for all API functions */
> #ifndef LUA_API
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> #define LUA_API      extern "C"
> #else
> #define LUA_API      extern
> #endif
> #endif
> 
> Now it works beautifully and transparently, but isn't quite
> standard. I wonder... could this possibly be made the
> standard for lua.h in future releases of lua?
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