[Mingw-users] Possible to have a different main-procedure than main() ?

[Mark E. <ma...@eg...>]

Hi.

Is it possible to name your main-procedure other than main() ?
I thought providing a different entry point to the linker would work,
but if I try the following:

// t.cpp
extern "C"
{
	int main2()
	{
		return 0;
	}
}
$ g++ t.cpp -c
$ g++ -Wl,-e,_main2 t.o -o t.exe
c:/programme/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/mingw32/3.2.3/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o)(.text+0x97):main.c: 

undefined reference to `WinMain@16'

It's still looking for a WinMain which is obviously referenced from
libmingw32.a(main.c)?!

I added an empty main() and it works.
But that's no solution for me, cause I can't have a main() (clashes
with other main()s in other files).
Even if that would be acceptable, bringing in <iostream> causes the
programm to abort with a memory fault.

Any idea?
Thanks for your time!

mic