linking in static c library
torhu
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Sun Mar 16 17:17:57 PDT 2008
akcom wrote:
> I've got some cipher/hashing routines (AES, RSA, and SHA256, not that it matters) that are written C. I'd like to compile them into a static library so that I can basically wrap it in D bindings and use it in my application. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that I must compile my C static library with the digitalmars C compiler. Unfortunately having come from Visual C++ 6.0, I'm not very well adept at console compiling/linking. I feel quite stupid asking this, but could someone explain to me how I can build a static library in C that can be used in a D project?
Yes, you need to use dmc. msvc uses a different object file format.
You compile the files with dmc, then use the lib tool if you want to
collect in a static link library. A static link library is really just
an archive of object files, with an index telling the linker which
object file contains which symbols.
Here are some sample command lines:
dmc -c file1.c file2.c
lib -c mylib file1 file2
Then you can do:
dmd myapp mylib.lib
And it'll be like linking with file1.obj and file2.obj.
docs for lib:
http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/lib.html
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