stdcall functions?

[Chris Miller]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:15:36 -0400, Walter Bright  
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> Chris Miller wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:32:31 -0400, Walter Bright  
>> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Miller wrote:
>>>> How can I make a stdcall function on Linux with DMD? extern(Windows)  
>>>> works, but it gives it DMC's Windows name mangling (e.g. foo at 4) that  
>>>> is not compatible with Linux' stdcall C functions.
>>>
>>> I didn't know Linux even had stdcall C functions.
>>   GCC has __attribute__((__stdcall__))
>>  Specifically, I want to work with winelib, which is a Windows API  
>> implementation for Linux (and others); and like Windows, uses stdcall.
>
> If Linux's stdcall functions are for compatibility with Windows, why  
> aren't they compatible with Windows name mangling?

I don't think that's its one and only purpose. Just what I want it for  
now. Besides, I don't think all Windows compilers mangle stdcall that way,  
and linux ones don't.