[Gdal-dev] Re: Using GDAL in Linux ANSI C

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Mon Sep 25 15:48:42 EDT 2006


Marc Lepage wrote:
> Is GDAL C code wrapped in C++, or C++ code wrapped in C? I'm curious
> about which way it goes and the issues involved. I've typically wrapped
> C with C++, but these days it seems more projects are going the other
> way.

GDAL is implemented in C++ language and it exposes C++ API (a bunch of
classes, etc.) and also C API (a bunch of functions and types).
So, from client's point of view, it's double-API library, but
internally implemented in C++.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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