3.11.3.1 Interfacing to C++

GNAT supports interfacing with the G++ compiler (or any C++ compiler generating code that is compatible with the G++ Application Binary Interface —see ‘http://www.codesourcery.com/archives/cxx-abi’).

Interfacing can be done at 3 levels: simple data, subprograms, and classes. In the first two cases, GNAT offers a specific Convention C_Plus_Plus (or CPP) that behaves exactly like Convention C. Usually, C++ mangles the names of subprograms. To generate proper mangled names automatically, see Generating Ada Bindings for C and C++ headers). This problem can also be addressed manually in two ways:

• * by modifying the C++ code in order to force a C convention using the extern "C" syntax.
• * by figuring out the mangled name (using e.g. nm) and using it as the Link_Name argument of the pragma import.

Interfacing at the class level can be achieved by using the GNAT specific pragmas such as CPP_Constructor. See the GNAT_Reference_Manual for additional information.