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Re: Creating Static Libraries
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: Suhanthan Vanniyasingam <Suhanthan at eRunway dot com>, "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 10:54:25 -0500
- 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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