How do I avoid buying MSVC++?

[Max Hadley]

Many thanks, Mumit, your suggestion appears to have fixed the problem
and I can now compile and run the program without any errors.

Is any of this documented anywhere? It does seem to me that a lot of
traffic on this list comes from people like me just trying to find their
way round Cygwin. A really good FAQ/read me first would help a lot.

Thanks again to all who have helped me,

Max Hadley

-----Original Message-----
From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
To: Max Hadley <max@susato.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Cygwin mailing list <gnu-win32@cygnus.com>
Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: How do I avoid buying MSVC++?


>On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Max Hadley wrote:
>
>> when not to. Also on his/her advice:
>>
>>     #define _declspec(A) extern
>
>Actually, gcc does support __declspec, but not _declspec. Microsoft
>uses _declspec as a synonym for __declspec, but suggests that you
>use __declspec in the documentation.
>
>Use the following:
>
>   #define _declspec(x) __attribute__((x))
>
>and that should fix the global problem.
>
>fyi, GCC's "specs" define __declspec as the following:
>
>   #define __declspec(x) __attribute__((x))
>
>Regards,
>Mumit
>
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