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Re: .dll.a, .dll files and other questions


Hi,

Hi folks,

Just had a couple of questions. Attempting to head off a problem at
the pass...

When using gcc -shared, what is default output (ie. what is expected >from gcc -shared in order to read the .dlls/shared files) by Cygwin?
Im not sure exactly what you mean. The gcc `-shared' option compiles shared objects (in this case dll's). If you mean something like `gcc -shared foo.o bar.o ...' then gcc expects object code.

There's a section (few links at the bottom) in the online documentation (http://cygwin.com/docs.html) which goes through how to create dll's.

Second question:  If g++ -shared is used will the output .dll/shared
files be loadable and/or useable by Win32 api?

Finally, I realize that if g++ -shared, if used, is likely going to
generate name mangled .dlls that can not be read/loaded properly by the
win32api.

Is that still true for Cygwin?

Thanks,

Paul G.

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