From: Sig <rw@...>
Date: 2006-09-23T01:25:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and Borland C++

Logan Capaldo wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 02:35:09AM +0900, Sig wrote:
>> Thanks Paul for you reply, still I can not solve the problem. I think 
>> this part from win32.h causes the error:
>>
>> #if defined(__cplusplus)
>> extern "C++" {
>> #endif
>>
> [snip some includes]
>> #if defined(__cplusplus)
>> }
>> #endif
>>
>>
>> Looks like the same headers are defined twice as C++ and as C. Any other 
>> suggestions how to fix that? If I try to redefine them as C I get errors 
>> that types defined in stdio.h don't exist.
> Hmmm, I've never seen extern "C++" before. That whole file looks very MS
> compiler specific. I would suggest maybe trying to change it to extern
> "C". Of course that's just a W.A.G.
> 

Unfortunately it doesn't help. I just got lost in these redefinitions.

Anyone has a success trying to use ruby with BCB?

Everything compiles just perfectly with MS C++. The problem is we have a 
big application written in BCB and now we have to extend it with 
scripting. Ruby seems to be a very good choice for that but we ran into 
BCB compatibility problems.