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[Dev-C++] using of libs

[Frank W. <F.W...@wi...>]

Hello,

I tried to use Ncurses libraries  the headers are in the preset include
path and the libs are in the lib path set in the lib settings of the
compilor.

Why can I only link my program when I explicitly add these library file
in the Project Options Linker Settings??

Greetings

Frank

Re: [Dev-C++] using of libs

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

Because the compiler dont looks around in your library path and picks
up file at random. The only exception is that most object file formats
allows the compiler to add a reference to a standard library that the
linker should use. A lot of cimpilers uses that to specify that the linker
should pick up the standard c library.

The linker uses the library path to locate the library files that are
mentioned either in your project, or that are specifically mentioned in
the object files. Including a header file and calling a function from a
library will not add information about a library in the object file. It
will just add the name of the function.

/Per W


On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Frank Wagner wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried to use Ncurses libraries  the headers are in the preset include
> path and the libs are in the lib path set in the lib settings of the
> compilor.
>
> Why can I only link my program when I explicitly add these library file
> in the Project Options Linker Settings??
>
> Greetings
>
> Frank
>
>
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