Thanks for the reply. After changing the compiler flags etc. the symbols now seem to be exported but i get the same error. Here is the nm output
nm ../usr/bin/embedding | grep my 0000000000601da0 t __frame_dummy_init_array_entry 0000000000400f10 t frame_dummy 0000000000400f40 T my_c_sqrt On Saturday, 9 July 2016 17:38:23 UTC+5:30, Isaiah wrote: > > The symbol exists but is not exported (t vs T). Try adding DLLEXPORT in > front of the function declaration. On 0.4 it appears to have had a > Windows-only export declaration. > > On Saturday, July 9, 2016, Sourabh Chadha <sourabh...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I am new to Julia and have been trying to use ccall to call C functions >> in embedded mode but i am unable to even successfully run the example >> embedding.c that is in package. The example file define a >> function my_c_sqrt and then tries to call it using jl_eval_string("println( >> ccall( :my_c_sqrt, Float64, (Float64,), 2.0 ) )");. This doesnt work and if >> i trace the issue by printing errors i get ErrorException("ccall: could not >> find function my_c_sqrt"). >> >> I have tried checking eveything. nm on the executble gives this. >> nm ../usr/bin/embedding | grep my >> 0000000000601d80 t __frame_dummy_init_array_entry >> 0000000000400f60 t frame_dummy >> 0000000000400f90 t my_c_sqrt >> >> so the symbol is available. >> >> I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation release 7.0 (Maipo) nd >> hve compiled julia Version 0.4.6 from scratch. >> >> any help would be really appreciated >> >>