The extern "C" construct - does it allow the use of C-style (int-based) enums?

[Chris Cahoon]

Hello,

I am trying to include a header file which was written in C, but my
project is in C++. Even when I wrap the include statement or the
entire header files with extern "C" (used according to the
instructions on c++-faq-lite), I get the same error, which is this:

invalid conversion from `int' to `DmtxDirection'

where DmtxDirection is an enum with integer values inside (obviously).

The offending function:

static DmtxDirection
TurnCorner(DmtxDirection dir, int turn)
{
DmtxDirection newDir;

newDir = (turn == DMTX_TURN_CW) ? 0x0f & (dir >1) : 0x0f & (dir
<< 1);

return (newDir) ? newDir : (dir ^ 0x0f) & 0x09;
}

And the enum:

typedef enum {
DmtxDirNone = 0x00,
DmtxDirUp = 0x01 << 0,
DmtxDirLeft = 0x01 << 1,
DmtxDirDown = 0x01 << 2,
DmtxDirRight = 0x01 << 3,
DmtxDirHorizontal = DmtxDirLeft | DmtxDirRight,
DmtxDirVertical = DmtxDirUp | DmtxDirDown,
DmtxDirRightUp = DmtxDirRight | DmtxDirUp,
DmtxDirLeftDown = DmtxDirLeft | DmtxDirDown
} DmtxDirection;
Long story short - should the extern "C" construct allow the library
to use enums in this manner, or do I need to take a different course?

Thanks for any advice.

Chris

[Dizzy]

Chris Cahoon wrote:

Hello,

<snip>

Long story short - should the extern "C" construct allow the library
to use enums in this manner, or do I need to take a different course?

It does not. extern "C" doesn't alter the behaivour of not allowing implicit
conversion from int to enum. However, you can use static_cast for that,
static_cast<DmtxDirection>(value).

--
Dizzy

[Davlet Panech]

Chris Cahoon wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to include a header file which was written in C, but my
project is in C++. Even when I wrap the include statement or the
entire header files with extern "C" (used according to the
instructions on c++-faq-lite), I get the same error, which is this:

invalid conversion from `int' to `DmtxDirection'

where DmtxDirection is an enum with integer values inside (obviously).

extern "C" changes "linkage" of functions and variables (i.e., it
affects the symbol names in the object files). It doesn't affect enums
in any way. You might want to add a type cast from int to enum to your code:

>
The offending function:

static DmtxDirection
TurnCorner(DmtxDirection dir, int turn)
{
DmtxDirection newDir;

newDir = (turn == DMTX_TURN_CW) ? 0x0f & (dir >1) : 0x0f & (dir
<< 1);

newDir = static_cast <DmtxDirection((turn = DMTX_TURN_CW ...
D.

[James Kanze]

On Jun 12, 6:14 pm, Davlet Panech <[e-mail]:

Chris Cahoon wrote:

I am trying to include a header file which was written in C, but my
project is in C++. Even when I wrap the include statement or the
entire header files with extern "C" (used according to the
instructions on c++-faq-lite), I get the same error, which is this:

invalid conversion from `int' to `DmtxDirection'

where DmtxDirection is an enum with integer values inside (obviously).

extern "C" changes "linkage" of functions and variables (i.e., it
affects the symbol names in the object files). It doesn't affect enums
in any way. You might want to add a type cast from int to enum to your code:

The offending function:

static DmtxDirection
TurnCorner(DmtxDirection dir, int turn)
{
DmtxDirection newDir;

newDir = (turn == DMTX_TURN_CW) ? 0x0f & (dir >1) : 0x0f & (dir
<< 1);

newDir = static_cast <DmtxDirection((turn = DMTX_TURN_CW ...

Which will cause a few problems when the header is compiled as
C:-). If he has access to the header, and can modify it, then
he can use a C style cast here. If he doesn't, he'll need to
"pre-process" the header somehow, and include the pre-processed
version. (If he's using make, it's almost trivial to get the
system to invoke the preprocessing automatically. If he's using
an IDE, I don't know.)

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