<div dir="ltr">The most common reason to write a module in C++ is probably that the external libraries used are written in C++. However, those modules usually use the good-old C API for FreeSWITCH. So you usually see quite a mix of C++/C in the actual code - but it is still compiled as C++.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-03-05 14:09 GMT+01:00 Vik Killa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vipkilla@gmail.com" target="_blank">vipkilla@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Is there a particular reason why you would favor C++ over C?<div>I was not aware the modules Brian West pointed out were written in C++</div><div>I looked over mod_v8 source and it doesn't look any different than C</div>
<div>Thanks.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Brian West <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@freeswitch.org" target="_blank">brian@freeswitch.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Here are some that are written in or use C++<br>
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mod_stress<br>
mod_mongo<br>
mod_mp4<br>
mod_h323<br>
mod_soundtouch<br>
mod_komp<br>
mod_opal<br>
mod_lua (wrapped switch_cpp + swig)<br>
mod_event_zmq<br>
mod_v8<br>
mod_managed (wrapped switch_cpp + swig)<br>
mod_java (wrapped switch_cpp + swig)<br>
mod_perl (wrapped switch_cpp + swig)<br>
mod_python (wrapped switch_cpp + swig)<br>
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So use what you want really.<br>
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On Mar 4, 2014, at 8:36 PM, Aaron Scott <<a href="mailto:rony@botl.au.com" target="_blank">rony@botl.au.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi All,<br>
><br>
> I am working on a module for Freeswitch which could benefit from C++. I<br>
> have written modules before in C++ and didn't find any particular<br>
> problem. However, I can't help but notice that the majority of the<br>
> modules that come with Freeswitch are written in C. Is there a<br>
> compelling reason to choose C over C++ for Freeswitch module<br>
> development? I realise that C can produce more efficient binaries and<br>
> is better suited for low latency tasks but are there any reasons aside<br>
> from this?<br>
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> Kind Regards,<br>
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> Aaron<br>
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