1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wsutil/str_util.h b/wsutil/str_util.h
index c43e2e05de..302afd0096 100644
--- a/wsutil/str_util.h
+++ b/wsutil/str_util.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #ifndef __STR_UTIL_H__
 #define __STR_UTIL_H__
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
 /** Convert all upper-case ASCII letters to their ASCII lower-case
  *  equivalents, in place, with a simple non-locale-dependent
  *  ASCII mapping (A-Z -> a-z).
@@ -84,6 +88,13 @@ typedef enum {
     /* XXX format_size_prefix_default_for_this_particular_os ? */
 } format_size_flags_e;
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+/* Should we just have separate unit and prefix enums instead? */
+format_size_flags_e operator|(format_size_flags_e lhs, format_size_flags_e rhs) {
+    return (format_size_flags_e) ((int)lhs| (int)rhs);
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
 /** Given a size, return its value in a human-readable format
  *
  * Prefixes up to "T/Ti" (tera, tebi) are currently supported.
@@ -95,4 +106,9 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 gchar *format_size(gint64 size, format_size_flags_e flags);
 
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
 #endif /* __STR_UTIL_H__ */