From: papresco AT calum DOT csclub DOT uwaterloo DOT ca (Paul Prescod) Subject: Re: using VC++ libs with gnuwin g++ ? 26 Jun 1997 09:57:44 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199706261614.MAA00091.cygnus.gnu-win32@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: Ulrich DOT Lauther AT mchp DOT siemens DOT de (Ulrich Lauther) Original-Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <199706260956.LAA07138@cayley.mchp.siemens.de> from "Ulrich Lauther" at Jun 26, 97 11:56:27 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > I tried to link my gnuwin-generated .o files with static tcl/tk libs that I > compiled with VC 5.0. Name mangling (among other things) is not consistent between C++ compilers. The only way I know of to share information between them is to use "extern C" interfaces and dynamically link. Paul Prescod - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".