Re: .lib file question

If you link against ANY lib file, the linker takes only from that lib what
it needs.
For functions in a DLL, it will only include the import directives.

A static library comtains compiled functions instead of import directives.
But apart from that, it gets treated no differently.
If the linker needs a function from it, it will put it in the executable
image.

If you create a static library, you create a lib file with compiled
functions.
If you create a dll, you create a lib file with the import directives for
the dll.

With this in mind, you can also see that there is no difference between a
static library,
and a lib file containing import directives.
In fact, it is possible for a lib file to contain both compiled functions
and import directives.

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