how to compile c++ programm

[ric63]

Hi,
I am an beginner to c++. I installed Code::Block under Ubuntu and I writted a simple program that work.
I now would make a library for Ubuntu.
When I make a new project -> static library, I see a .c file and not .cpp file.
Why ?

[Alpha]

All C code is valid C++ code; you could rename the file extension (it probably will need to be re-added to your project).
Alternatively, you could delete the C file and add however many C++ files you want.  The structure of code in a static library is not nearly as strict as in other areas because it is simply a collection of object files waiting to be linked at a later point in time.

You do have a valid point though; for continuity, the static library wizard should have a language selection page...

[ric63]

thanks.
it work
I have deleted the .c file and added .cpp file.
So, I have builded the static library.
bye

[zabzonk]

All C code is valid C++ code

This is very, very far from true.

[Alpha]

All C code is valid C++ code

This is very, very far from true.

Example/link??

[zabzonk]

Well, a couple of simple examples:

Code Select Expand

// valid C code not valid C++
int main() {
     int new = 0;
     char * p = (void *) 0;
}


But there are  a lot more.

[stahta01]

http://david.tribble.com/text/cdiffs.htm#C++-vs-C

Tim S.

[Alpha]

Thanks.

I should have expected I would miss something obvious, having learned to program by means of Google and reading source (like Code::Blocks!) in my free time over the past year and a bit.  (But you may already have guessed at my inexperience if you looked at my style in the patches I have submitted.)

I still have much to learn...