Can't bind libecm.a with C++ files

[poire]

When I try to bind libecm.a with a C++ file, I get

 undefined reference to `ecm_factor(__mpz_struct*, __mpz_struct*, double, __ecm_param_struct*)'

I know that gcc finds the right libecm.a file because there's a different error message when I delete or rename it.

The library works fine when I use it in C files.

I'm using:
gmp-ecm 6.0.1
gmp 4.1.4
gcc 3.3.4 on x86 Linux

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
poire

[cjohnsto]

C++ mangles names but C does not. I believe this is the reason for the problem.
To solve it change:
#include <ECM.h>
to
extern "C" {
#include <ECM.h>
}

I hope that helps. Basically this tells the linker to look for the unmangled version of these functions i.e. the C version.

Please tell us how you go with this fix. This is from memory so I hope it contains no mistakes.

[poire]

This solves the problem.

Thanks a lot.