Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 09:23:07 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: problem solved
To: Axel Schwenke <schwenke AT htwm DOT de>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Axel Schwenke wrote:
> 
> The Problem with PDcurses is solved. Many thanx to Eli Zaretskii who
> guessed there is a C/C++ ambiguity.
> 
> Obviously there is something wrong with <curses.h>, they test
> for _cplusplus to recognize C++ mode, but that symbol is not
> defined when using gcc to compile C++ code.
> 
> Therefore, does anybody know what (automatic) symbol does indicate
> you`re compiling in C++ mode? I could not find any Information in
> the dokumentation (maybe I overlooked it).
> 

The symbol is __cplusplus (TWO underscores).  That's the cause of the problem.

Bill