Re: [Mingw-users] DLL symbols without underscore needed

[Martin B. <mai...@we...>]

Problem is solved...
Thanks for your ideas. There was an other version of a samecalled dll 
file in an library directory. This file was
used first and was responsible for the linking errors.

M.B.


Martin Baumann schrieb:

>Hi,
>
>I am compiling a shared library for windows (*.dll). This dll contains symbols with a leading '_', examble: _myfunction.
>With the same version of mingw I compile a project that includes the headers of this library and is linked to the dll file. Obviously the linker is looking for functions WITHOUT leading '_':
>
>error: ... undefined reference to myfunction
>
>How can that be. I thought if the shared lib and the program that uses the lib are compiled and linked by exactly the same tools there shouldn't be any problems...
>
>What can I do?
>
>I searched the mailing list archive and found some instructions of creating and import library. I did so but the problem was still the same: in the *.a file the symbols had leading '_'!
>Although I cannont imagine that I must use a import library if I have the source code of the library!
>
>Regards, M.B.
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