From: Laurence Withers <lwithers AT lwithers DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: The DXE mechanism - has anybody used it effectively?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 19:16:03 +0000
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--- Original Message ---
From: Shawn Hargreaves <ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk>
Time: Tue, 22 Dec 1998, 17:07:44

>> 3 - will I be able to call the DXE from C++ code (as opposed to C 
>>     code)? Connected with this, will I be able to write the DXE in C++?
>
>I've no idea: try it and see! Making a wild guess, probably the code 
>will compile ok, but some things like global objects won't be 
>initialised properly.

Well, I tried it, and this is what I get (from redir):

gcc -c a-dxe.cpp -o a-dxe.o
dxegen a-dxe.dxe _test a-dxe.o
ld -X -S -r -o dxe__tmp.o -LC:/PROGRAMS/DJGPP/lib a-dxe.o  -T dxe.ld 
Error: input file has more than one section; use -M for map

Unfortunately, this doesn't mean anything to me :-( Note that a-dxe.cpp
is simply:

unsigned long test()
{
    return 123456;
}

Anyway, unless there is a solution, I guess I'm stuck to C :-(

Bye for now,
-- 
Laurence Withers, mailto:lwithers AT lwithers DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
Integrated Peripherals Operating System Project Leader || OPES Project
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