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Re: How to handle variables (data, etc.) in DLLs?

DJ Delorie wrote:

> DLLs *can't* export "data".  They can only export pointers to data,
> which is what they do.  In older gccs, you'll need to do something
> like this:
> 
> extern int *__imp_foo;
> #define foo (*__imp_foo)
> 
> In newer gccs, do something like this:
> 
> extern int foo __attribute__((dllimport));
> 
> These tell gcc to dereference the imported pointer, rather than
> thinking it's the data itself.

Thanks, that's useful to know (although there are about 250 of these
data symbols in the code!).  I'd need to brush up on my C++ (yes, this
is actually C++ code) to figure out what's required.

Tim
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