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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [Patch] fix compile kdecore with msvc
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-10-30 17:21:59
Message-ID: 200510301522.00717.thiago () kde ! org
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Christian Ehrlicher wrote:
>Msvc also instantiate only on demand (otherwise I couldn't compile
>kdecore without KDE_EXPORT macro in KResolverResults), but when
>exporting it in a dll, you have to provide the full instantiated class
>(and I don't think gcc can do this another way when using visibility
>feature).

I think the problem is that the binary format of the Win32 executables 
doesn't allow for globally weak symbols. That's how g++ does on ELF 
platforms: it generates several copies of the same symbol, all with weak 
linkage. When the program is loaded, all relocations will point to the 
same copy.

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