Linking C from C++ in OS X Mavericks

Question

Having transitioned to OS X Mavericks and XCode 5.0.1, I can no longer gracefully link compiled C files (output from gcc) to a C++ project (output from g++).

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Answer 1

Adding a "-x c" (without quotes) before "vec.c" should fix it.

If you compile multiple .c/.cpp files in the same line you can use "-x c" or "-x c++" before each list of C or C++ filenames to switch context appropriately. For example:

g++ -x c  alpha.c beta.c  -x c++  gamma.cpp