On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 09:13, Paul G. wrote:

>       On a related note, can Cygwin generate c++ .dlls which are loadable by msvc++ 
>or 
> does Microsofts'  method of name mangling prohibit such things?

No it can't. In general, C++ compilers don't interoperate. The C++-Lite
FAQ has a section on this.

>From memory, the issues are:
*name mangling
*VMT layout
*new[] management
*exception handling

If you want to use cygwin C++ from MSVC, write some C bindings for the
code.

Rob
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