library doesnt work

Tue Jul 4 09:10:00 GMT 2000

On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 05:04:59PM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>On Sunday 2 Jul 00, Chris Faylor writes:
>> Hi,
>>>> On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 10:38:49AM +0200, Meffo Leoni wrote:
>> >I imported a c++ cygwin compiled library in MSVC enviroment but doesnt
>> >work I didnt find any help in the faq , where I can find more
>> >instructions???
>>>> If this is, in fact, true, could you add something to the FAQ about this?
>> C++ libraries compiled with MSVC will not work with gcc since the two
>> use different name mangling schemes and MSVC is apparently protected by
>> either copyright or patent or something equally stupid.
>>The FAQ currently contains the entry:
>>	Can I mix objects compiled with msvc++ and gcc?
>>	Yes, but only if you are combining C object files. MSVC C++
>	uses a different mangling scheme than GNU C++, so you will
>	have difficulties combining C++ objects.
>>Is this good enough? It doesn't say "stupid".

That's fine. Apologies for not checking forst. We obviously shouldn't
say "stupid" in the FAQ. That was just my editorializing. :-)
cgf
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