From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: DLL problems understood, but not solved 19 Mar 1997 19:38:51 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199703200213.NAA14397.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> Content-Type: text Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com (gnu-win32) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Nick van Eijndhoven, you wrote: > > 3) Make sure that the GNU produced DLL's can be used together with the > Microsoft visual C++ produced DLL's. > This is vital in my case (being a member of a large high energy physics experiment > where some packages use MS visual C++ stuff). If your DLLs stick to a C interface, that should be OK. However, if your DLLs have a C++ interface, then what you ask is impossible. The C++ ABI used by MS Visual C++ is an undocumented proprietry ABI. In fact, I think some aspects of its ABI may even have been patented. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".