Re: Wrap 3rd Party Static lib in namespace
"CuriousGeorge" <brettrobichaud@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@mvps.org.nospam>
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"CuriousGeorge" <brettrobichaud@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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Yeah and this is exactly what I'm seeing. If I wrap their headers in a
namespace I can indeed refer to their strucs and functions using the
namespace but it calls back into my own function that uses the same name
and signature. I guess I wasn't clear in that I not only want to wrap
the third party code in a namespace but I also need to utilize functions
of my own that are in the global namespace that have the same name and
signature.
I'm now seeing this isn't really possible.
... unless you wrap their library in a DLL, like I suggested (see my
reply to Igor's post). Of course, if the DLL doesn't work for you,
you're kinda stuck, unless you want to get into editing a COFF library to
forcibly change the names in their library (and modify their header(s) to
match).
-cd
Sorry, neglected to thank you for that suggestion Carl. Unfortunately a
DLL won't really be acceptable in this situation.
Oh well - it was an idea! I guess you're left with editing the COFF library
to change the names (ick!) or just living with it.
-cd
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