using C to create a Static lib

**Richard Bos** · Nov 14 '05, 07:26 AM

Re: using C to create a Static lib

Ralph <RALPH@cwazy.RE MOVETHIS.co.uk> wrote:
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> Recently I have tried to create a static lib using MS VC++.[/color]

Note that creating libraries is system-specific, and therefore
off-topic. However...
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> Both function 'getA' and 'getB' will be used in my other program.
>
> I compiling my other program... I alway got "__cdecl int getA()" errors
> same fot 'getB' function.
>
> Anyone know the cause?[/color]

....you might check that you are compiling (both the library and the
program which uses it) in C mode, not as C++. Ditto for linking and/or
library-collecting.

Richard

**kal** · Nov 14 '05, 07:27 AM

Re: using C to create a Static lib

rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) wrote in message news:<40b35dfe. 536899026@news. individual.net> ...

<OT>
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> Ralph <RALPH@cwazy.RE MOVETHIS.co.uk> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Recently I have tried to create a static lib using MS VC++.[/color]
>
> Note that creating libraries is system-specific, and therefore
> off-topic. However...
>[color=green]
> > Both function 'getA' and 'getB' will be used in my other program.
> >
> > I compiling my other program... I alway got "__cdecl int getA()" errors
> > same fot 'getB' function.
> >
> > Anyone know the cause?[/color]
>
> ...you might check that you are compiling (both the library and the
> program which uses it) in C mode, not as C++. Ditto for linking and/or
> library-collecting.
>
> Richard[/color]

1. You need to do more reading about creating libraries.

2. Do not use functions names like "getA". The "A" won't make
your function name unique. Most of the MS library functions
are implemented in two versions, one appended with A (for Ascii)
and the other appended with W (for Wide char/Unicode).

3. When you implement a library, always specify the calling
convention. MS VC has __cdecl, __stdcall and __fastcall.
Generallly you should use __stdcall but the default is __cdecl.
There are compiler options (/Gz, /Gd) to specify which
convention to use as the default.

4. Distribute your library with a headerfile.

5. Post brief but complete information on here. It does not seem
that "__cdecl int getA()" is the complete error message.

</OT>

**Dan Pop** · Nov 14 '05, 07:27 AM

Re: using C to create a Static lib

In <a5da4cc1.04052 51718.3ef903d2@ posting.google. com> k_amir7@yahoo.c om (kal) writes:
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><OT>[/color]
<snip>[color=blue]
></OT>[/color]

When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
[OT] tag to the subject line.

Dan
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**Richard Bos** · Nov 14 '05, 07:30 AM

Re: using C to create a Static lib

k_amir7@yahoo.c om (kal) wrote:
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> rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) wrote in message news:<40b35dfe. 536899026@news. individual.net> ...
>[color=green]
> > Ralph <RALPH@cwazy.RE MOVETHIS.co.uk> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > Recently I have tried to create a static lib using MS VC++.[/color]
> >
> > Note that creating libraries is system-specific, and therefore
> > off-topic. However...
> >[color=darkred]
> > > Both function 'getA' and 'getB' will be used in my other program.
> > >
> > > I compiling my other program... I alway got "__cdecl int getA()" errors
> > > same fot 'getB' function.
> > >
> > > Anyone know the cause?[/color]
> >
> > ...you might check that you are compiling (both the library and the
> > program which uses it) in C mode, not as C++. Ditto for linking and/or
> > library-collecting.[/color]
>
> 1. You need to do more reading about creating libraries.[/color]

No, I don't. Be careful whom you address.
[color=blue]
> 2. Do not use functions names like "getA". The "A" won't make
> your function name unique. Most of the MS library functions
> are implemented in two versions, one appended with A (for Ascii)
> and the other appended with W (for Wide char/Unicode).[/color]

If M$ VC++ declares the function getA() when it is asked to compile an
ISO C program, it is a vile, malodorous, miscreant abomination. That
identifier is in the user's namespace, and it is the OP's full right to
use it. It isn't even a very unlikely name to occur. Any implementation
which prevents an ISO C program from defining a function called getA()
is severely broken.
[color=blue]
> 3. When you implement a library, always specify the calling
> convention. MS VC has __cdecl, __stdcall and __fastcall.[/color]

This is massively off-topic.
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> 4. Distribute your library with a headerfile.[/color]

Obviously, but how is that pertinent to the problem?
[color=blue]
> 5. Post brief but complete information on here.[/color]

No, don't. Post it somewhere where making libraries with M$ VC++ is
on-topic.

Richard

**Joona I Palaste** · Nov 14 '05, 07:30 AM

Re: using C to create a Static lib

Richard Bos <rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl> scribbled the following:[color=blue]
> k_amir7@yahoo.c om (kal) wrote:[color=green]
>> 2. Do not use functions names like "getA". The "A" won't make
>> your function name unique. Most of the MS library functions
>> are implemented in two versions, one appended with A (for Ascii)
>> and the other appended with W (for Wide char/Unicode).[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> If M$ VC++ declares the function getA() when it is asked to compile an
> ISO C program, it is a vile, malodorous, miscreant abomination.[/color]

In other words, a rather usual M$ product. =)

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**kal** · Nov 14 '05, 07:32 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<c924qg$k0 3$6@sunnews.cer n.ch>...
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> When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
> [OT] tag to the subject line.[/color]

Sorry about that. I really ought not to have posted that one. But the
OP seemed to be adrift without a paddle and since I happened to know a
little bit about that...

P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"

**Joona I Palaste** · Nov 14 '05, 07:32 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

kal <k_amir7@yahoo. com> scribbled the following:[color=blue]
> Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<c924qg$k0 3$6@sunnews.cer n.ch>...[color=green]
>> When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
>> [OT] tag to the subject line.[/color][/color]
[color=blue]
> Sorry about that. I really ought not to have posted that one. But the
> OP seemed to be adrift without a paddle and since I happened to know a
> little bit about that...[/color]
[color=blue]
> P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"[/color]

What "why Helvetica"? What does Helvetica have to do with this?

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**Richard Bos** · Nov 14 '05, 07:35 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.hel sinki.fi> wrote:
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> kal <k_amir7@yahoo. com> scribbled the following:[color=green]
> > Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<c924qg$k0 3$6@sunnews.cer n.ch>...[color=darkred]
> >> When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
> >> [OT] tag to the subject line.[/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> > Sorry about that. I really ought not to have posted that one. But the
> > OP seemed to be adrift without a paddle and since I happened to know a
> > little bit about that...[/color]
>[color=green]
> > P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"[/color]
>
> What "why Helvetica"? What does Helvetica have to do with this?[/color]

I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...

Richard

**Dan Pop** · Nov 14 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

In <40b6dd6d.15797 8131@news.indiv idual.net> rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
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>Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.hel sinki.fi> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> kal <k_amir7@yahoo. com> scribbled the following:[color=darkred]
>> > Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<c924qg$k0 3$6@sunnews.cer n.ch>...
>> >> When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
>> >> [OT] tag to the subject line.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Sorry about that. I really ought not to have posted that one. But the
>> > OP seemed to be adrift without a paddle and since I happened to know a
>> > little bit about that...[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"[/color]
>>
>> What "why Helvetica"? What does Helvetica have to do with this?[/color]
>
>I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
>And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...[/color]

A presumption flatly contradicted by Dan Pop's signature block...

Dan
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**Martin Dickopp** · Nov 14 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
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> Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.hel sinki.fi> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> kal <k_amir7@yahoo. com> scribbled the following:[color=darkred]
>> > Dan.Pop@cern.ch (Dan Pop) wrote in message news:<c924qg$k0 3$6@sunnews.cer n.ch>...
>> >> When your post is off topic from one end to the other, you prepend the
>> >> [OT] tag to the subject line.[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > Sorry about that. I really ought not to have posted that one. But the
>> > OP seemed to be adrift without a paddle and since I happened to know a
>> > little bit about that...[/color]
>>[color=darkred]
>> > P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"[/color]
>>
>> What "why Helvetica"? What does Helvetica have to do with this?[/color]
>
> I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
> And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...[/color]

IIRC, CERN's main computing center is located France. At least a few
years ago, when the question of whether it is in Switzerland or France
was of utmost importance to me, I presumed it is in France...

Martin

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**CBFalconer** · Nov 14 '05, 07:36 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

Dan Pop wrote:[color=blue]
> (Richard Bos) writes:[color=green]
>> Joona I Palaste <palaste@cc.hel sinki.fi> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> kal <k_amir7@yahoo. com> scribbled the following:
>>>[/color][/color][/color]
.... snip ...[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>
>>>> P.S. I have often wondered, "why HELVETICA?"
>>>
>>> What "why Helvetica"? What does Helvetica have to do with this?[/color]
>>
>> I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
>> And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...[/color]
>
> A presumption flatly contradicted by Dan Pop's signature block...[/color]

But not by his 'From:' header.

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**Dik T. Winter** · Nov 14 '05, 07:37 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

In article <40B74E18.E7714 9B8@yahoo.com> cbfalconer@worl dnet.att.net writes:[color=blue]
> Dan Pop wrote:[color=green]
> > (Richard Bos) writes:[/color][/color]
....[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
> >> And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...[/color]
> >
> > A presumption flatly contradicted by Dan Pop's signature block...[/color]
>
> But not by his 'From:' header.[/color]

But what has a From header to do with the place where someone works, or
lives, or whatever?
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**CBFalconer** · Nov 14 '05, 07:37 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

"Dik T. Winter" wrote:[color=blue]
> cbfalconer@worl dnet.att.net writes:[color=green]
>> Dan Pop wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> (Richard Bos) writes:[/color][/color]
> ...[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
>>>> And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...
>>>
>>> A presumption flatly contradicted by Dan Pop's signature block...[/color]
>>
>> But not by his 'From:' header.[/color]
>
> But what has a From header to do with the place where someone works, or
> lives, or whatever?[/color]

It is the only connection his present day posts show with
Switzerland, or Helvitica. Which (for some unknown and possibly
benighted reason) became a matter of urgent curiosity to someone
here, since snipped.

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fix (vb.): 1. to paper over, obscure, hide from public view; 2.
to work around, in a way that produces unintended consequences
that are worse than the original problem. Usage: "Windows ME
fixes many of the shortcomings of Windows 98 SE". - Hutchison

**Mark McIntyre** · Nov 14 '05, 07:38 AM

Re: OT - using C to create a Static lib

On Sat, 29 May 2004 06:21:47 GMT, in comp.lang.c , CBFalconer
<cbfalconer@yah oo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>"Dik T. Winter" wrote:[color=green]
>> cbfalconer@worl dnet.att.net writes:[color=darkred]
>>> Dan Pop wrote:
>>>> (Richard Bos) writes:[/color]
>> ...[color=darkred]
>>>>> I presume he means "Why does Dan Pop have an address in Switzerland?"
>>>>> And I presume the answer is because Dan Pop has a job in Switzerland...
>>>>
>>>> A presumption flatly contradicted by Dan Pop's signature block...
>>>
>>> But not by his 'From:' header.[/color]
>>
>> But what has a From header to do with the place where someone works, or
>> lives, or whatever?[/color]
>
>It is the only connection his present day posts show with
>Switzerland, or Helvitica.[/color]

What do my From: headers show? Any obvious connection with where I live or
work?

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