cpp extern "c" keyword

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 When you state that a function has extern "C" linkage in C++, the C++ compiler does not add argument/parameter type information to the name used for linkage.

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extern "C" is meant to be recognized by a C++ compiler and to notify the compiler that the noted function is (or to be) compiled in C style.

Take an example, if you are working on a C++ project but it also deals with some existing C functions/libraries. 
You want to wrap them in a C++ module or compile them with other C++ objects without any C++ compiler errors, then you would declare the C function prototypes in an extern "C" block to notify the compiler that they would be compiled along with other C++ functions into one module.

For example:

my_C_CPP_Header.h:

#ifndef MY_C_CPP_HEADER
#define MY_C_CPP_HEADER


/*check if the compiler is of C++*/
#ifdef __cplusplus 
extern "C" {
int myOtherCfunc(int arg1, int arg2); /* a C function */
}
#endif

void myCppFunction1(); /* C++ function */
void myCppFunction2(); /* C++ function */

/*check if the compiler is of C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus 
}
#endif

#endif


Now all three functions are comiled into one module by C++ compiler.

Hope you got it. Good luck :)

Related: function overload, in cpp different functions can have the same name, yet at least one of the argument should be different.

inline code of the function code generated by the function body should be inserted each time instead of inserting only once and call, which sometimes involve additional overhead.

http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/general/1143/

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