Re: using bgd.dll on windows

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Thursday 11 August 2005 09:06 am, Bastian Maerkisch wrote:
> While trying to compile gnuplot on Windows using MSVC 6.0
> and the precompiled gdlib (gdwin32.zip package) I ran into
> problems concerning calling convention. The supplied
> bgd.dll now uses __stdcall whereas gnuplot uses __cdecl.

I can't help with any windows testing, but I do want to point
out that gdlib itself has changed the dll mechanism between
versions, perhaps more than once.  More info on the web site 
<http://www.boutell.com/gd/>
So I worry that you risk breaking the use of one version
of libgd while 'fixing' another.

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Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742