Compiling nedmalloc w/ DMC

[Sean Kelly]

Craig Black wrote:
>> In addition to the problem posted below, it seems that DMC's kernel32.lib
>> does not include the required functions TryEnterCriticalSection and
>> InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount.
> 
> After talking with Niall some more, we found that we could get rid of the
> TryEnterCriticalSection link error by adding the line
> 
> #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x403
> 
> before
> 
> #include <windows.h>
> 
> Curiosly, this did not fix the link error with
> InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount.  After further investigation, I found
> that both are found in DMC's kernel32.lib.  Perhaps the function parameters
> are different.  I still think DMC may need to upgrade it's libraries.
> 
> Anyone have any other ideas?

I'm not sure if this helps, but VC8 declares this function in WinBase.h 
like so:

#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0403)
WINBASEAPI
BOOL
WINAPI
InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(
     __out LPCRITICAL_SECTION lpCriticalSection,
     __in  DWORD dwSpinCount
     );


Sean