gcc/ ld/ Mixing C++ objects from gcc and msvc : possible link ?

[Jonathan Arnold]

RzR www.rzr.online.fr wrote:
> But for C++ names, I doubt GCC can write a compatible MSVC "library
> stub" ( XYZ.lib that goes along XYZ.dll, not a static one : libXYZ.lib
> )
> 
> Maybe runtime linking with a dll  is possible ... I am investigating on this... 

Right, C++ name mangling breaks any kind of hope of linking together
multi-compiler object files. And it won't work in a DLL either.  The
way to do it is to write a C wrapper for your C++ code and export that
in your DLL.  And then to use that for your interface.

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Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
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I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
  William H. Mauldin


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