From: Russell Day <russ AT pta DOT pyramid DOT com DOT au>
Subject: Virtual Base Class Support
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Sat, 22 May 1993 22:23:53 +1000


	I have an assignment which involves virtual base classes.
	The lecturer seems to think that early versions (like 1.?) of
	gcc would compile with virtual base classes but would behave
	strangely at runtime.  Can anyone say if this problem is fixed
	in the latest version of djgpp? (And which version would that
	be?.)

	While we are at it, how do I access C library routines from
	djgpp?  Like rand, etc, for example?  I presume that the
	reason I cannot link them in is the name mangling.  Borland
	uses an odd form of 'extern' statement to get around this.  I
	cannot work out how to do this from the manuals because I am
	still coming to terms with tex.

	Thanks for the help,
	Russ.