Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code

Chapter 2.3

I.26: If you want a cross-compiler ABI, use a C-style subset

Creating libraries

Writing libraries in C++ is a simple matter. Compile your source files, glue them together into a library, expose your exports in a header, or module if your compiler supports it, and supply the library file and header or module definition to your client.

Unfortunately, that is not the end of the story. There is a substantial amount of detail to get right. The purpose of this guideline is to show you a way to minimize this overhead, to prevent a truly overwhelming amount of work from landing on your desk at some random point in the future, and to enable you to create libraries that will serve the community for many years to come.

Recall the operation ...