[Lazarus] Troll Tech and Inprise/Borland Collaborate onLinuxGUI

Florian Klaempfl Florian.Klaempfl at gmx.de
Sun Apr 30 16:15:46 EDT 2000


Marc Weustink wrote:
> 
> At 18:30 28-04-2000 -0700, Curtis White wrote:
> >So if I compile a .so file with gcc and then I compile a .so file with
> >FPC, do those two .so files work differently internally?  This is really
> >confusing to me because I had thought an executable was the same no matter
> >which compiler it was compiled with.  I always thought the compiler just
> >took the source code and made it into assembly and then the linker turned
> >it into binary code. I didn't know that the binary code was different
> >depending on which compiler you use. That is interesting.
> >
> >What about on Windows? Is an .exe or .dll file that is compiled with FPC
> >different than an .exe or .dll file compiled with Borland C++ Builder or MS
> >Visual C++ or Delphi?
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong but I think using .so is similar to using .dll Both
> are binary libraries. I think a .so / .dll generated by fpc dousnt differ
> from one genrated by an other app.
> Point here is the way these libs are called. If the lib contains flat
> functions you have a calling convention on how  the parameters are passed.
> To call gtk libs, we use the cdecl convention. If you want to use functions
> from a dll you use the stdcall convention.
> For objects being passed between libs, you need more than a calling
> convention, you also need to support the same objectmodel. IE, how are
> methods called and how do I look them up in the VMT.

Yep, that's the point.






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