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Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 10:54:25 -0500
To: Suhanthan Vanniyasingam <Suhanthan AT eRunway DOT com>,
   "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Creating Static Libraries
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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).



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