2.5.8 Linking embedded applications using swipl-ld

The utility program swipl-ld (Win32: swipl-ld.exe) works with both C and C++ programs. See Linking embedded applications using swipl-ld for more details.

Your C++ compiler should support at least C++-17.

To avoid incompatibilities amongst the various C++ compilers' ABIs, the object file from compiling SWI-cpp2.cpp is not included in the shared object libswipl; instead, it must be compiled along with any foreign predicate files. You can do this in three ways:

• Compile SWI-cpp2.cpp separately.
• Add #include SWI-cpp2.cpp to one of the foreign predicate files.
• Wherever you have #include SWI-cpp2.h, add

        #define _SWI_CPP2_CPP_inline inline
        #include <SWI-cpp2.cpp>
    

  This will cause the compiler to attempt to inline all the functions and methods, even those that are rarely used, possibly resulting in some code bloat.