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| 2 | id: cxx-application |
| 3 | --- |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Because of C++'s cross-compatibility with the C language, C++ |
| 6 | applications can be readily instrumented with the LTTng-UST C API. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Follow the [C application](#doc-c-application) user guide above. It |
| 9 | should be noted that, in this case, tracepoint providers should have |
| 10 | the typical `.cpp`, `.cxx` or `.cc` extension and be built with `g++` |
| 11 | instead of `gcc`. This is the easiest way of avoiding linking errors |
| 12 | due to symbol name mangling incompatibilities between both languages. |