Re: On runtimes, string wrapping and vs7 / vs8

From:
"Bruno van Dooren [MVP VC++]" <bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:42:22 +0200
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Getting rid of your inline functions, and this includes any potentially
compiler-generated functions like default ctor, copy ctor, dtor, and
assignment operator, may indeed help, but the end result will remain a
problem waiting to happen. The only sane way to view this situation is as
the equivalent to working with static libraries for dependency purposes.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP


So now I know. Thank you for the answer Doug!

It seems as we have to go back to cons char* etc. What a shame.

Is there a (standard) way of handling strings (and other containers) in
libraries, or is the standard still the old c way of doing things since
c++ still haven't got a standard abi?


If you want your dlls to be portable across compilers, you have very little
choices.
Only char* or wchar_t* is portable
See my article about this:
http://vcfaq.mvps.org/lang/9.htm

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Kind regards,
    Bruno van Dooren
    bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com
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