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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 19:55:55 -0400
Message-Id: <199910282355.TAA27706@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: steve AT khoral DOT com
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <199910282304.RAA11828@benson> (message from Steve Jorgensen on
	Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:04:57 -0600 (MDT))
Subject: Re: DLL creation problem
References:  <199910282304 DOT RAA11828 AT benson>


> 	char **envp = environ;

When you have a variable in a DLL, the dll exports the *address* of
the variable, not the variable itself.  Not a problem with functions;
they're addresses anyway.  But, with a data item, it's a little funny.
Cygwin handles this by telling gcc that the data item is imported from
a dll, and gcc automagically adds the pointer dereferencing code.
Thus, a simple assignment might turn into a dereference when compiled.

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