From: khan@xraylith.wisc.edu (Mumit Khan) Subject: Re: BUG: egcs-1.1-mingw32 - gcc -o hello hello.C 15 Oct 1998 06:29:53 -0700 Message-ID: References: <19981014153400.13514.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: Mumit Khan Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Earnie Boyd Cc: gw32 On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Earnie Boyd wrote: > When giving this command with mingw32 version of egcs-1.1 the stdc++ > library isn't properly included at the execution of ld. This is the > only problem with this command. > > g++ -o hello hello.C will properly add the library. > Hi Earnie, I'm a bit confused ... "gcc" is the C driver, and "g++" or "c++" is the C++ driver. "gcc" will not and should not C++ specific libraries, and the only correct and portable way to link C++ programs is to use the "c++" or "g++" driver. If "gcc" adds C++ specific libraries, it's a bug, not a feature. Correct way to link C++ programs: $ c++ -o hello hello.cc (or alternatively use g++, which is just a link to c++). However, *knowing* how gcc works, we can use the C driver to link C++ programs: $ gcc -o hello hello.cc -lstdc++ Note that you probably should not use '.C' for C++ extension, but rather something that works on all OS/filesystems (Unix, VMS, Win32), such .cc, ..cxx, etc (I personally dislike the MS-advocated .cpp extension!). Please let me know if I'm misinterpreting your note. Regards, Mumit - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".