Linking D DLL to C

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Kirk McDonald wrote:
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> 
> This does not work. I am using MinGW 3.4.2. The following command works:
> 
> C:>gcc -c test2.c
> 
> test2.o is generated without issue. However:
> 
> C:>gcc -L. -lmydll test2.o
> ./mydll.dll: file not recognized: File format not recognized
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> The linker fails. Again, I'm pretty sure I'm missing something obvious. 
> Any help?
> 
> -Kirk McDonald

First of all I'd try the using dmc/optlink instead of gcc. I haven't 
tried this but dmd on win does have some issues with object/lib file 
compatibility (at least with VS).