Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/04/02/22:49:56
Hi Larry,
Thankyou for your reply.
I'm asking can we create static libraries(LIBs) rethar than dynamic
libraries(DLLs). I think the import library cannot be used alone as a static
library. Is it?
Thank You,
Regards,
Suhanthan, V.
Suhanthan Vanniyasingam
www.eRunway.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:54 PM
To: Suhanthan Vanniyasingam; 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
Subject: Re: Creating Static Libraries
At 02:47 AM 4/2/2002, Suhanthan Vanniyasingam wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm new to cygwin. I have found that we can create DLLs using
>Cygwin. So What abouts *.lib s?
>
>Is there any relationship between *.a created with cygwin and *.lib?
Yes. If the *.a is an import library (stubs referencing a DLL) rather than
a static library, the format is the same as the *.lib.
>Is it possible to use these *.a libraries with VC++?
Generally, so long as you don't use dynamic memory (or if you do, you need
to
be very careful about freeing it in the same library as it's allocated -
better to just stay away from it).
Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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