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Say I have a standard C++ program and have some 'extern' functions in other files that I want to include when compiling without #including. Then how do I go about this with CL?
extern functions?
Ok, I get it. Just add them to the command line. cl accepts .c, .cpp, or .lib files as input.
Ok, I get it. Just add them to the command line. cl accepts .c, .cpp, or .lib files as input.
You could use a library, as kbw said.
But you don't normally use functions without including them in .h files.
Maybe you might want to look into function prototypes, declare them in a header and define them in its respective cpp file. That way, the linker can resolve them.
But you don't normally use functions without including them in .h files.
Maybe you might want to look into function prototypes, declare them in a header and define them in its respective cpp file. That way, the linker can resolve them.
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