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Working with C++ dll's from ObjectPascal

Leonardo's blog – It's a well known fact that there are many excelent libraries written in C++, and we, as Object Pascal programmers can take advantage of them. Many times, I have found in forums or mailing lists, questions such as "How can I translate XYZ library to ObjectPascal?", or "How can I use a C++ from Object Pascal?". Well, it's not necessary to translate a library from C++, we can use it just by creating a C wrapper around it.Why I need to wrap the C++ library to C?Because of name mangling, if you look inside the library (using TDump included in Delphi, or by using "nm" on linux), you'll get ...

Favorite? Off-Topic? Leonardo M. Ramé @ 2011-02-16 06:20