Re: concerns when integrating C++ code into guile?

[Hans Aberg]

> On 7 Jan 2015, at 03:32, Matt Wette <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> What are the concerns when integrating C++ code into guile?
> 
> I'm guessing interleaved C++ exception handling, but are there others.
> 
> Assuming the C++ code calls no guile code, should all C++ exceptions be 
> caught at the interface?

In the C/C++ languages proper, C++ can link in C code, but not vice versa, C 
code can not link in C++ code. So main() must be in C++.

Then one can convert Guile exceptions into C++ exceptions - I do that in [1].

For the other way around, Guile C code calling C++, that is possible in gcc I 
recall, but unless Guile is recompiled with a special option adding the C++ 
exception stacks, any exception one tries pass through the Guile code will 
terminate the program.

Possibly Guile might have a configure option adding those C++ exception stacks.

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