Re^5: RFC: Setting up a minGW compiling envronment for Perl 5.10 (updated)

It was after our discussion about ld linking directly against .dlls thatI went and browsed a few pages that google threw up, and I remember reading something about the export-all-symbols flag. It said something about it being enabled by default but disabled under certain conditions.

When I saw your post and managed to locate a reference to the flag, to check the spelling, but not the page a read about the disabling of the default or the conditions, something to do with .def files. I don't have/use MinGW to try it out.

I'll do another google and try to locate the discussion I saw before.

Update: I found this page which discusses the stuff about that switch. I'm not sure if it is the same page I read before, but it rings bells. I'm also not able to determine in the abstract if it will have any affect on your example problem?

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Re^6: RFC: Setting up a minGW compiling envronment for Perl 5.10 (updated) by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 16, 2008 at 00:59 UTC
I'm also not able to determine in the abstract if it will have any affect on your example problem? I don't think it does. It seems to me to be explaining how to get your dll's to export symbols. You can: 1) Use `-export-all-symbols` which is apparently the default, and will export all symbols; 2) Use a def file - which turns off `-export-all-symbols` and exports only those symbols specified in the def file; 3)Mark the symbols to be exported with `__declspec(dllexport)` - which turns off `-export-all-symbols` and exports only those symbols marked as `__declspec(dllexport)`. I'm already using the second method to successfully export all symbols. I can't see that there would be anything to be achieved by using the first method instead. The symbols are already being exported - the problem (though I regard it more as a puzzle than a problem) seems to be something else. Thanks for the link - it's a rather straghtforward and informative explanation. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: RFC: Setting up a minGW compiling envronment for Perl 5.10 (updated) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 16, 2008 at 06:57 UTC
Okay. I was mixing up the imports and exports. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]