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From: david@smythsun.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Smyth)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: client/servers and C++
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Date: 23 Mar 89 21:26:16 GMT
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In article <1990006@hpctdls.HP.COM> jeff@hpctdls.HP.COM (Jeff Hughes) writes:
>
>It appears to me that the current version of C++ does not support
>system calls such as bind, accept, socket, etc. When I try to compile
>I get errors saying that these functions are undefined.

If you are using a "version 2" compliant C++ compiler, try this:

extern "C" {
#include < ... >	// system call decls
#include < ... >	// and other C function decls
 ... etc ...
};

This keeps C++ from munging the names of external C functions,
including system calls.