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#64 Library Incompatibility

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2002-08-05
2001-08-16
Anonymous
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Static libraries compiled with Visual C++ are
incompatible with MingW (and vice-versa).

Discussion

  • Luke Dunstan

    Luke Dunstan - 2002-05-22

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    1. C++ libraries (static or dynamic) are not binary compatible
    across compilers. This is unlikely to ever change.

    2. C libraries are mostly compatible, and it is my
    understanding that this is improving due to recent patches
    like returning structures of up to 8 bytes in registers.

    If nobody knows of any specific situations where C libraries are
    incompatible, I propose that this bug be closed.

     
  • Earnie Boyd

    Earnie Boyd - 2002-08-05
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    • status: open --> closed