Re: [xml] Release of libxml2-2.4.21

[Aleksey Sanin <aleksey aleksey com>]

I will need this functions for Win32 port of XML Sec Library so  I have
to update these files :) I think I know another way of exportng functions
on Windows. The basic idea is that the "export" directive is specified
in the function and not in the *.def file.
To go this way we will need to
   1) in xmlsec.h put something like this (do not remember exact syntax but
   it's a matter of checking help):
  
   #ifdef _WINDOWS
   #define LIBXML_EXPORT         __declspec( dllexport )
   #else /* _WINDOWS */
   #define LIBXML_EXPORT        
   #endif /* _WINDOWS */

   2) update all exported function decalarations and definitions in *.h 
and *.c
   as follows:
       xmlNsPtr    xmlNewNs(xmlNodePtr node, const xmlChar *href, const 
xmlChar *prefix);
   is converted to
      LIBXML_EXPORT xmlNsPtr    xmlNewNs(xmlNodePtr node, const xmlChar 
*href, const xmlChar *prefix);


We can go a "lazy" way and say that all new functions should follow this 
rule and keep
current *.def for existing function (with a goal to replace it other the 
time).


Aleksey.


  

Igor Zlatkovic wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> > Thanks! Yes, you are right, I will need to update libxml2.def.src files
> > (there are 2 copies AFAIK)
>
> There are two originals, one in win32/, the other in win32/dsp :-) The one
> in win32/ is authoritative, that's the one I use :-) The other file in
> win32/dsp is used by the MSVC IDE and is identical to the one in win32/
> except for the #include statement at the top.
>
> There will be no real harm if you do not update these. The resulting library
> will simply not export these new functions.
>
>
> I would love to be able to generate these *.def.src (or *.def directly)
> files automagically, but haven't found a way yet. If someone knows how,
> please, please tell me :-)
>
> Ciao
> Igor
>
>
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