"Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On 11/15/2013 12:00 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote: >> "Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected]... >>> >>> Also, at least on Windows, you can call functions in a DLL without >>> saying >>> dllimport on them and suffering a layer of indirection. The magic >>> happens >>> in the import library, which provides the relevant thunk. It's about 15 >>> years since I worked on this stuff, so I might be a bit fuzzy on the >>> details. >> >> The symbol in the import library just translates to an import table >> indirection. > > Yes, meaning the compiler doesn't have to do it if the import library is > set up correctly. (implib.exe should do it.) >
Right, I was saying the indirection still exists.
