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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:18:34 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] pspell tweak.
From: nlopess@php.net ("Nuno Lopes")

> Antony Dovgal wrote:
>> On 13.08.2008 01:31, Phil Oleson wrote:
>>> Thus the diff -u I sent in.. which resolves the above compiler failure 
>>> with g++.
>>
>> Committed, thanks!
>>
>> Btw, how and why did you manage to get g++ compiling plain C code?
>
> umm.. how?
>
> cd ext/pspell
> /usr/local/php5/bin/phpize
> env CC=g++ CFLAGS=-fuse-cxa-atexit 
> ./configure --with-php-config=/usr/local/php5/bin/php-config
> make
>
> C++ is a superset of C thus any C code can be complied as C++ as long as 
> it doesn't use any
> C++ reserved words.

That is not true at all, although it's a common misconception.
Just try the following in C and in C++:
printf("sizeof('x') == %d\n", (int)sizeof('x'));

(hint: they will give you different results). And there are many more 
differences..

Nuno