From: ian@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: FIXED: Troubles with DLL's
2 Apr 1998 18:50:35 -0800
Message-ID: <199803271845.NAA11248.cygnus.gnu-win32@tweedledumb.cygnus.com>
References: <Pine.SUN.3.93.980325193541.2856C-100000@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>
To: jeffdb@netzone.com
Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com

[ About __imp_ vs. _imp__ in dlltool ]

>Also in current gas-######.tar.gz sources.
>Thus providing the opportunity for even more confusion.
>And taking us another step away from MS compatibility.
>Should have been switched over once, just before the B19
>release, at the same time as the binary format change,
>then it could have been all done with, now we will
>have headers both ways for years!! <sigh>

Changing the binary format only requires a recompile.  Changing the
name of _imp_ requires source code changes.  So they are different
issues.

Supporting two names for the symbols costs essentially nothing.  I
don't see any critical reason to ever stop supporting either variant.

Ian
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