Creating Static Libraries

Wed Apr 3 08:14:00 GMT 2002

Right. If you want a static library, you have to build one. An import 
library is not the same as a static library. In general, there's no reason 
you can't build a static library of you want one. 
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
At 10:46 PM 4/2/2002, Suhanthan Vanniyasingam wrote:
>Hi Larry,
>>Thankyou for your reply.
>>I'm asking can we create static libraries(LIBs) rethar than dynamic
>libraries(DLLs). I think the import library cannot be used alone as a static
>library. Is it?
>>Thank You,
>>Regards,
>Suhanthan, V.
>>Suhanthan Vanniyasingam
>www.eRunway.com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:54 PM
>To: Suhanthan Vanniyasingam; 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
>Subject: Re: Creating Static Libraries
>>>At 02:47 AM 4/2/2002, Suhanthan Vanniyasingam wrote:
> > 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm new to cygwin. I have found that we can create DLLs using 
> >Cygwin. So What abouts *.lib s? 
> >
> >Is there any relationship between *.a created with cygwin and *.lib? 
>>>Yes. If the *.a is an import library (stubs referencing a DLL) rather than
>a static library, the format is the same as the *.lib.
>>> >Is it possible to use these *.a libraries with VC++?
>>>Generally, so long as you don't use dynamic memory (or if you do, you need
>to
>be very careful about freeing it in the same library as it's allocated - 
>better to just stay away from it).
>>>>Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
>RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
>838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX

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