#include <stdio.h>

#include "common.h"
#ifndef MODULE1_H_
#define MODULE1_H_
int init(int option);
int open(char* db, char* username, char* password);
int get(int handler, int date[2], int time[2], int* data, int& rowsize, int& numrows);
int put(int handler, int* data, int& datasize, int& numrows);
int close(int handler);
int finalize();
#endif /* MODULE1_H_ */

#include "common.h"
#ifndef MODULE2_H_
#define MODULE2_H_
int get1(int handler, int date, int time, int *data, int& datasize, int& rowsize);
int put1(int handler, int* data, int datasize);
#endif /*MODULE2_H_*/

#include "module1.h"
int init(int option) { ... }
int finalize() { ... }
int get(int handler, int date[2], int time[2], int* data, int& rowsize, int& numrows) {
    ....
}
...

#include "module1.h"
#include "module2.h"
int get1(int handler, int date, int time, int* data, int rowsize) {
  int daterange[2]={date,date};
  int timerange[2]={time,time};
  int rsize, numrows, result;
  result=get(handler, daterange,timerange, data, rsize, numrows);
  rowsize=rsize;
  if(numrows!=1) printf("Uh oh...n");
  return result;
}
...

g++ -o module1.o -c module1.cpp
g++ -o module2.o -c module2.cpp
g++ -fPIC -shared -o library.so module1.o module2.o

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