are g++ gcc libraries incompatible?
 

I have a library of homegrown C functions;
I write stuff in C and C++
if I compile the library with g++, then gcc compiled sources won't link
and vice versa.

is there a way to get round this or do I need to make
two libraries, one for gcc and one for g++?

I don't see enough info in your post to be sure of what you are trying to do, but I have a good guess.

If you want functions that can be called from either C or C++, they must have a C interface. In C++ you use
to declare a C interface for a function (both for declaring an external function with C interface that is called here and defined elsewhere and for defining a function here with C interface to be called elsewhere).

You often need an include file that can declare the C interface and can be included in either C or C++ compiles. Usually that requires something like conditionally #defineing some symbol to be either nothing or "C" so it can be used every place a C interface must be predeclared with extern if including into a C module but with extern "C" if including into C++. Other cases may require two symbols, one for nothing vs. extern "C" { and the other for nothing vs. }

ahh thanks dude!
this works...

but...

do you happen to know if there's an #ifdef I could use
depending on whether it's gcc or g++?

then I could put the wrapper in the header file.

amazing what you can find in /usr/local/include

As a side note, you should link g++-compiled objects using g++, not ld, which if you didn't already know you'd find out sooner or later.
Kevin Barry

yes, I always use GNU make so it generally works ok
with the implicit rules.