And that's why I love this mailing list: There are insights here that are simply impossible to get elsewhere. Thanks for this one, Glynn!
Ben On 09/04/14 17:18, Glynn Clements wrote: > > Benjamin Ducke wrote: > >> GEOS is a heavy C++ beast and difficult to compile using GCC >> on Windows (at least if you want the result to pass all >> validation tests). >> >> I would prefer to stick to C dependencies only for the core >> modules, if only to avoid DLL hell when mixing Visual C++ >> and GCC DLLs on Windows (different name mangling styles). > > It's not just name mangling. There isn't an official ABI for C++ on > Windows. Even if all components are compiled with MSVC, simply using > different compiler switches can result in incompatibilities (e.g. the > layout of pointer-to-member values can vary according to the /vm* > switches used). > > Different compilers use different mangling rules because their code is > inherently incompatible. Changing the name mangling just prevents > people from trying to do things which aren't going to work anyhow. > -- Dr. Benjamin Ducke, M.A. {*} Geospatial Consultant {*} GIS Developer bendu...@fastmail.fm _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev