questions to C libs also for g++

[Paeryn]

So what about this

Perhaps instead (what I can possibly suspect from Paeryn's post) something like, e.g.,

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#ifdef __cplusplus
   extern "C" { extern int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ; }
#else
   extern int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ; 
#endif

Yes, though if you are declaring a single function with C linkage you'd omit the braces and second extern

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extern "C" int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ;

But nobody in their right mind would write out the whole function declaration twice, that would mean if you ever change anything you'd have to make sure you change both versions. Far better to split the opening and closing parts of the extern "C" {...} so that it surrounds all the declarations it needs to, nicely avoiding duplication of function declarations.

[dsyleixa123]

ok, thanks, now I understand a little more about the intial obfuscations.
Just for clearification:

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 extern "C" { extern int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ; }

is that legal, or MUST I omit the braces and the 2nd "extern"?

For my own purposes I would prefer the duplication though, for the benefit of better readability

[Paeryn]

ok, thanks, now I understand a little more about the intial obfuscations.
Just for clearification:

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 extern "C" { extern int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ; }

is that legal, or MUST I omit the braces and the 2nd "extern"?

For my own purposes I would prefer the duplication though, for the benefit of better readability

Yes, you can have one declaration in a block, just that for a single declaration you can omit the braces and inner extern because in this case (and only this case) the extern "C" implies extern. So the following two lines have the same effect.

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extern "C" { extern int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ; }
extern "C" int ads1115Setup (int pinBase, int i2cAddress) ;

[dsyleixa123]

thanks again, @all you, guys!