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

["Zlatkovic, Igor" <Igor Zlatkovic Dresdner-Bank com>]

> 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.
>
> 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... 

You can forget about the defgen.xsl, as these macros seem to be coming. But
the Makefile would not be a bad idea.

By the way, if you are using those bits in win32/bcb5, then I hope you
noticed that I am about to remove it from the source.

Ciao,
Igor