Re: Question about static and shared libraries and their usage in a binary on Windows in a autotools project
Bob Friesenhahn <[email protected]>
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2021, Alexei Podtelezhnikov wrote: > > >>> And as I prefer DLL compared to static lib, I know what to do :-) >> >> I have the distinct impression that static libraries are rarely used under Windows any more. > > Perhaps I am off base here. Isn’t this why DLL comes paired with a LIB wrapper, while static is just LIB. VC links with LIB regardless. That makes sense. The key issue is if the consumer of the header file wants/needs to have dllimport/dllexport enabled. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn [email protected], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ Public Key, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt