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Re: DLL naming flamefest


Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:

> "Henry S. Thompson" wrote:
> > 
> > This sounds viable, in so far as I understand it :-)
> > 
> > One question -- for compiling and linking from WIN32, i.e. with VC++,
> > I had _serious_ trouble in this area just last week.  I think what I
> > needed to know but couldn't find out is what the equivalent of
> > -Bstatic is for VC++ -- is that a coherent question?
> > 
> 
> There seem to be two issues:
>   1) how can you instruct VC++ to link using a static lib or using a dll
> import lib?
>   2) can VC++ even use cygwin statlibs or cygwin implibs?

[Useful discussion snipped]

Thanks, that helps.

> However, further discussions of VC++ vagaries are probably off topic for
> this list.

Agreed.

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