DIP 45 - approval discussion

[Daniel Murphy]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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> On 11/15/2013 12:00 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>> "Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message
>> news:l64imh$27na$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>
>>> Also, at least on Windows, you can call functions in a DLL without 
>>> saying
>>> dllimport on them and suffering a layer of indirection. The magic 
>>> happens
>>> in the import library, which provides the relevant thunk. It's about 15
>>> years since I worked on this stuff, so I might be a bit fuzzy on the
>>> details.
>>
>> The symbol in the import library just translates to an import table
>> indirection.
>
> Yes, meaning the compiler doesn't have to do it if the import library is 
> set up correctly. (implib.exe should do it.)
>

Right, I was saying the indirection still exists.