[boost] Re: Boost.Test as DLL

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-24 09:22:18

> > 2. main() function again
> >
> > On unix(s) there is a possibility to put main info dlls (If I am wrong
> > please correct me). Should we use different semantic for Windows and
> > Unix(s)
> > or use the one I implement for windows?
>
> I don't know about the specifics, but I'd definitely prefer the same
> semantics (at least from the "end" user's point of view).

That would mean changing a semantic from the one I currently support on
Unix(s). Though it would be what I prefer to do either.

> >
> > 3. init_unit_test_suite
> >
> > I need to call external function from inside of DLLs. How it should be
> > declared? Cause I am getting unresolved symbols error
>
> Linking the DLL isn't different from linking an EXE in this case. You
can't
> link the DLL without having the function definition available at link
time.

So you are saying there is no way to have external reference in DLL?

> You could solve this using callbacks, but as a DLL can't define main
anyway,
> what are you actually trying to do? Would it be an alternative to have
> Boost.Test as a DLL, minus the definition of main, which could be provided
> by e.g. an object (or a static library, but IIRC there's a problem with
> having main's defined in static libraries on certain compilers/platforms -
> the linker doesn't recognize there's a main at all)?

AFAIK main in static libs works everythere.

> Just thinking out loud.
>
> // Johan

Gennadiy