D-Bus service activation and access control
Thiago Macieira
thiago at kde.org
Tue Aug 1 06:02:42 UTC 2017
On segunda-feira, 31 de julho de 2017 18:20:53 PDT Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:00:59 +0200, David Sommerseth wrote:
> > Since OpenVPN 3 is also written as a C++ library, it makes it easier
> > to extend it in many areas without adding much additional core code.
>
> When you write a library, consider that other languages will want to
> create their own bindings for it. This is easier with a C library than
> C++.
>
> By all means put a C++ layer on top of a C core. Then those other
> languages can bypass that C++ layer and build on the C core, taking
> advantage of their own language-specific cleverness, without having to
> hack their way through the thicket of C++ cleverness.
You can also do the opposite: create a C API for your library that is
implemented in C++.
The important thing is providing an official C API.
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Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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