Monami

I am experimenting making external in c++ with the max external...

Up until now I was encapsulating my main function in a extern "C" {}.. but I realize that alot of the cycling74 header have a if def _cplusplus... So does this means that if I do #define _cplusplus in before all my includes I don't need to put my main in an extern "C" block? Of course I'll only use c++ function in my main...

Up until now I was encapsulating my main function in a extern "C" {}.. but I realize that alot of the cycling74 header have a if def _cplusplus... So does this means that if I do #define _cplusplus in  before all my includes I don't need to put my main in an extern "C" block? Of course I'll only use c++ function in my main...

the-use-of-the-define-_cplusplus

There is a C++ example in the SDK called "collect", which you may find helpful.

You do not need to define the c++ preprocessor symbol -- compilers set this automatically and if you change it then it could cause you trouble down the road.

it is because I didn't like to put all my software in an extern "C" block so i did

namespace C74
{
   // Max includes
   extern "C"
   {
      #include "ext.h"   // standard Max include, always required
      #include "ext_obex.h" // required for new style Max object
      #include "ext_strings.h"
      #include "ext_common.h"
      #include "commonsyms.h"
   }
}; // namespace MaxMspJitter


The Cycling-provided header files (ext.h and friends) should have all of the extern "C" work done for you already, so there really isn't any need for you to do it manually.

the use of the #define _cplusplus