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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 5644] New: Can't include expert.h in C++ code

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:33:03 -0800 (PST)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5644

           Summary: Can't include expert.h in C++ code
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: johnthacker@xxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
wireshark 1.5.1 (SVN Rev 35741 from /trunk)

Copyright 1998-2011 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.22.0, with GLib 2.26.0, with libpcap 1.1.1, with
libz 1.2.5, without POSIX capabilities, without libpcre, with SMI 0.4.8,
without
c-ares, without ADNS, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS 2.8.6, with
Gcrypt 1.4.5, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built
Jul
28 2009), without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64, with libpcap version 1.1.1, with
libz
1.2.5, GnuTLS 2.8.6, Gcrypt 1.4.5.

Built using gcc 4.5.1 20100924 (Red Hat 4.5.1-4).
--
epan/expert.h, unlike most of the header files in epan/, doesn't have the
standard 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

blocks allowing linking to work properly (by turning off name mangling) when a
C++ compiler/linker is used.  If someone writes a C++ plugin, it will fail at
the linking stage with unresolved symbols.

Simple patch to follow.

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