Correct me if I am wrong, but in one book I have read that every C++ program is converted to C while it is going through different compiling phases.
I just want to see the C code.
Can any one tell me how to view that code?
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5No, that is generally incorrect. It may have been so in the early days, way before standardization. – juanchopanza Mar 12 '14 at 11:04
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5I might suggest getting a different book. – JasonD Mar 12 '14 at 11:04
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1duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/737257/how-to-convert-c-code-to-c another way (to see name mangling for exemple) should be decompile the programme to C code... – hl037_ Mar 12 '14 at 11:06
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1see this - http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/convert-to-c.html – santosh-patil Mar 12 '14 at 11:07
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Search for CFront for the answer to your question; Wikipedia has a good summary
C++ started out as a C code generator called CFront, but this was abandoned in 1993. Since then, all C++ compilers have been normal compilers, not C front-ends. Exceptions were the original difficulty, but there are weird corners like the subtle difference in the meaning of "void" that would be awkward too.
It is a good approach to learning C++ to think "What would the C equivalent of this be?", but you can no longer generate it from the compiler, sorry.
Edit: some people are commenting that there are products available to do what you want. I was unaware of these. I would say that although this is what you want, it probably isn't what you need. If your aim is to understand C++, read about C++.
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