Re: SV: [xml] windows binary with different calling

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:12:06AM +1000, Eric Zurcher csiro au wrote:
> Peter Jacobi has already provided a better explanation than I could of 
> why FUNKY_FUNCTION_MACROS are commonly used in the Windows world. 
> 
> I can only add that for me, creation of the .def file has not been 
> completely automatic. I build and use libxml2 using the Borland C++ 
> compiler, which does not use the same conventions as Microsoft's. By 
> default, the Borland compiler prefixes an underscore before the names 
> of global identifiers (including function names) in object files. And 
> the Borland linker does not recognise the "DATA" keyword in .def file 
> EXPORT statements. This means I need to adapt the libxml2.def file 
> before I can use it.

  Hum, the automated chain producing the .def could simply be slightly
tweaked to generate Borland .def instead of MS .def, the stylesheet 
extension would probably be trivial.

> Admittedly, this has been only a rather minor inconvenience, but I'm a 
> lazy bastard, and I'd rather not have to deal with it at all.
> 
> OK, OK. Don't tell me. I already know what I need to do. I should make 
> modified copies of Igor's defgen.xsl and Makefile.msvc that work
> correctly with the Borland compiler, then check them in for everyone to 
> enjoy. That's fine. Give me a few days and I'll see what I can do... 

  Yup, but more future proof, if you could review Igor changes to make sure
they integrate properly with borland environment, that would be even more
useful.

Daniel

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