Sparkle-based updater for C++ application [OS X] - c++

I am trying to implement the automatic updater for my application written in C++/Qt. It should work on Mac OS X. I've searched over the web and found out that Sparkle framework should be suitable for my needs. I added Sparkle framework 1.5 b6 to my xcode project, also added the header file:
#include <Sparkle/Sparkle.h>
Now, when I try to build the project, the compiler gives me a lot of errors in SUVersionComparisonProtocol.h and SUUpdater.h:
Expected unqualified-id: #protocol SUVersionComparison
Expected unqualified-id: #end
Expected unqualified-id: #interface SUUpdater: NSObject {
etc etc
I see those headers are written in Objective-C, so it seems like C++ compiler simply can't handle them. However, I know C++ applications that use Sparkle. So could somebody tell me how should it be used in C++ applications?

Indeed, you need to mix C++ and Objective-C.
Here is an excellent explanation, along with an implementation example: http://el-tramo.be/blog/mixing-cocoa-and-qt/
and here is a C++/Qt project that builds a Qt-usable dylib wrapper for Sparkle: https://github.com/Roxee/qt-roxeemegaup/

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/usr/include/vectormath/cpp/../SSE/cpp/vectormath_aos.h:156:
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A very poor workaround would be to pass a new define to your compiler that gives the keyword the correct meaning. E.g.: -D__forceinline=inline or -D__forceinline=__attribute__((always_inline)) (Thanks Paul!)
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It looks like someone's fixed this up and posted a patched version in response to this very issue.
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