Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

2001-03-04 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
From: Rich Salz [EMAIL PROTECTED] rsalz I would have much rsalz prefered if the whole __declspec() business could be magically taken rsalz away, but it doesn't look like a possibility... rsalz rsalz I don't think that's possible -- you don't normally get magic #define's rsalz turned on for

Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

2001-03-02 Thread Dr S N Henson
Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote: Are __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport) really needed in the OpenSSL library (see e_os2.h)? From the reading I've done, it seems it's not needed when you use a .def file, which we do. This was discussed some time ago, but I'm not sure we

Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

2001-03-02 Thread Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker
, that's fine as long as we stay within the realm of OpenSSL. Someone else told me that using __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport) does not work well when you're building or using the static version of a library (specifically, there was failure using ms\nt.mk). This is still solvable within

Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

2001-03-02 Thread Rich Salz
I would have much prefered if the whole __declspec() business could be magically taken away, but it doesn't look like a possibility... I don't think that's possible -- you don't normally get magic #define's turned on for DLL vs static, e.g. On the other hand, I'd like to see it like this:

Re: __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport)

2001-03-02 Thread Rob Neff
I'm forwarding a previous message concerning this issue: - Original Message - From: Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Windows, DLLs and variables. From: "Rob Neff" [EMAIL