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Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 12:39:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: .dll question 
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On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-1] Phil Dempster wrote:

> > Try not to add to noise for this list unless it
> > seems necessary for something I am currently
> > porting.  That is my apology ahead of time.
> >
> > Does msvc/c++ load .dlls generated using
> > gcc -shared  -mno-cygwin?
>
> You can use gcc compiled DLLs with MSVC compiled
> executables.  However, you won't be able to debug them
> in the MSVC IDE.
>
> Hope this helps
> Phil

Phil,
ISTR that there were some differences in function name mangling between
gcc and MSVC...
	Igor
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