Re: how to include a c struct in C++ namespace

Hi,

I am trying to wrap c functions with some exception handling, for
example, wrap the socket bind in A::Bind

a.h
namespace A {
 int Bind(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) throw
(inet_error);
}

a.cc
namespace A {
 int Bind(int fd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen) throw
(inet_error) {
    /* if error, throw; otherwise return; */
 }
}

The problem is this generates link error,
 error: reference to ?sockaddr? is ambiguous....

 it seems the compiler think I define a new struct, with the same name
"sockaddr" in name space A, I tr
ied to remove the struct keyword, and it wouldn't compile.

in A, I have to reference to the global C struct, sockaddr etc.
in main(), I have to use those global C structs together with
functions I defined in A.

I am a bit confused here, I didn't define any new struct in A.

so I guess my question is, is there a simple and clean way to use a C
struct within a user defined namespace in C++?