Re: DLL build problem - mangling
sean.straw@gmail.com wrote:
Project: run-of-the-mill C language DLL. I have it producing an import
library.
Release and Debug versions build fine, but when I go to link the Debug
import library to my project, the darned thing has bytecount decoration
(not C++ mangling).
_foo@12 or somesuch, right?
The exported function has extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) - the extern
"C" bit having been added in an attempt to resolve this, and the
_release_ version links and operates fine (even before the addition of
extern "C"), but the _debug_ version links with a different name in the
library, causing the application using the import library to fail to
link (unresolved symbol).
This is strange. Maybe you need to also specify the calling convention
('__cdecl').
So, I created a .DEF file (how win16 it seems):
LIBRARY BUMBLER
This part is optional
EXPORTS
EnumerateUniverse @1
Okay, not sure if that helps, but it seems to work for my uses when I just
put the export in there, without the ordinal number. However, and in that
aspect our setups vary, I only use such fine-grained control for plugins
and then I don't use the import library.
Uli
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