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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:10:45 -0400
From: Lester Ingber <ingber AT ingber DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: why use __stdcall?
Message-ID: <20030416171045.GA3056@ingber.com>
Reply-To: Lester Ingber <ingber AT ingber DOT com>
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When using Cygwin to produce DLLs for use in other software (Excel,
TradeStation, Maple), etc., is it necessary to insert __stdcall between
types/typedefs and function names?  I'm just considering vanilla C code
that runs on all platforms I've tested.

If so, is it necessary to introduce __stdcall for all functions, or only
those that are actually called by those utilities (and these call other
C functions, etc.).  I.e., do I have to rewrite lots of good working C
code to introduce __stdcall throughout all code?

If I do not use __stdcall (I do not seem to need this for simple cases?),
what dangers lurk?

To be explicit, I am creating DLLs and .def files using scripts like:
set module = mydll
gcc -c ${module}.c
set old_lib = ${module}.o
gcc -shared -mno-cygwin -o ${module}.dll \
    -Wl,--out-implib=lib${module}.a \
    -Wl,--export-all-symbols \
    -Wl,--export-dynamic \
    -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias \
    -Wl,--enable-auto-import \
    -Wl,--output-def=${module}.def \
    -Wl,--whole-archive ${old_lib} \
    -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs}

Thanks.

Lester


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