Hi, On 18 June 2015 at 12:16, Robert Dailey <rcdailey.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Dan Liew <d...@su-root.co.uk> wrote: >>> Can you explain what you mean by "strong" and "weak" symbols? >> >> >> Google is your friend >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_symbol >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2290587/gcc-style-weak-linking-in-visual-studio > > Normally Google is my friend, but today it hates me. Because no such > feature exists for MSVC that I saw.
The stackoverflow suggests it is possible for MSVC. Thinking about it some more I think what I'm suggesting is the wrong approach. If you're writing C++ code you should avoid coupling your classes to allow dependency injection (i.e. you pick how classes are coupled at run time not at compile time). If your classes are written with dependency injection in mind then you don't need the weak symbol stuff I was talking about. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
