Re: [Mingw-users] Linking DLL built with VC++ 7.1 in MinGW

[Brian D. <br...@de...>]

"Pereira, Ricardo Scachetti" wrote:

>   From the docs in that wiki, I take that I can't do what I want, i.e., to mix libs built with different brands of compilers.
>   MinGW folks might want to correct their FAQ (http://www.mingw.org/mingwfaq.shtml#faq-msvcdll) that states the contrary.

The FAQ is correct.  But it only applies to C objects, or C++ objects
that use 'extern "C"' declaration.  You can mix and match compilers all
you want with C.  It's C++ classes and methods that you cannot do this
with, because acheiving true ABI compatibility in C++ is much more
involved than in C, due to all the behind-the-scenes stuff the compiler
has to take care of (name mangling, vtables, class memory layout, etc.)

Brian