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: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 21:34:39 +0000
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--- Original Message ---
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Time: Sun, 27 Dec 1998, 16:09:20

[snip]
>sys/dxe.h needs `` extern "C" { } '' around the _dxe_load()
>declarataion.  DJGPP 2.02 has this.  Did you remember to include
><sys/dxe.h> ?

I did remember the include file (note lack of 'implicit declaration'
warning).

[snip]
>Are you using DJGPP 2.01?  2.02 allows DXEs to have exceptions,
>although I doubt they'd work right as there's no mechanism to chain
>them back to the main application.  DXEs are pretty simple.  Perhaps
>you want the GNU dld package?

I am using 2.01; I will download the new version later (when all the new
Christmas users have finished playing :-/ ). Exception support is a
great bonus (my code is much neater and less error-prone due to using
try{} and catch(){} constructs) - although, as you say, it won't 'cross
the link' between DXE and EXE. This isn't a problem due to the way DXEs
are used; if the DXE falls over, the EXE is going to fall over anyway - 
who cares that I can only return a char *?

I don't suppose that ctors/dtors in global objects work in 2.02?

Well, thanks for taking some time to explain this to me. Bye for now,
-- 
Laurence Withers, mailto:lwithers AT lwithers DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
Integrated Peripherals Operating System Project Leader || OPES Project
Projects' homepage is at: http://www.lwithers.demon.co.uk/       Leader