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So the problem was that I was using a classic C "library", which was upsetting the C++ compiler.

After changing my searches a bit, I discovered this fact and the remedy is actually quite straight forward...

extern "C" 
{
  #include "myheader.h"
}

Apparently C and C++ is treated differently and the compiler needs to be told this explicitly.

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