Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/05/26/15:22:51
At 12:47 AM 5/26/2005, you wrote:
>On Wed, 25 May 2005, Larry Hall wrote:
>
>> At 09:21 AM 5/25/2005, you wrote:
>> >On Wed, 25 May 2005, Alireza Ghasemi wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >> I want to use some cygwin .a libraries with other environments(like
>> >> VC++) as static .lib files.is this possible?
>> >
>> >Yes.
>>
>> Or no. ;-)
>
>Eh? Your response below points to a "yes", AFAICS...
I guess it depends on your level of expertise. VC++ .lib libraries can be
used directly, without any fuss (standard exclusion for C++ linkage and
some inevitable oddities of course). The reverse requires lots of
fiddling/hacks though and is not part of Cygwin proper. That's why I said
no. Also, while the FAQ entry you pointed to gives a few alternatives for
linking against .lib libraries from gcc/g++, it says nothing about the
reverse. So my response was meant as a clarification and to point out the
difference in ease of going one way versus the other. I just didn't think
that was clear from your post (or maybe it was but wasn't clear to me ;-) ).
In any case, it sounds like you and I are in violent agreement on this
subject so I think our work is done. ;-)
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