[FFmpeg-devel] Binary compatibility for MinGW generated dlls

[Michel Bardiaux]

Zuxy Meng wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2007/5/14, Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux at mediaxim.be>:
>> Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> Yes, I think that would be the simplest solution, but I think that
>>> requires using dllexport markings for all API functions.
>> Yep...
> 
> Why? I guess gcc will export all symbols that have an external
> linkage; unless u decide to hide everything by default, you don't need
> to use dllexport explicitly.

IIRC the problem is that gcc expresses this exporting by generating the 
.DEF file, and there is no variant of DEF syntax without symbol ordinals.

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