Re: [jamboost] status/Jamfile VC++ link question

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-09 17:20:52

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From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>

> Questions:
>
> * Is there a way to force the Microsoft linker to resolve to main()
> inside a library?

You should probably ask one of our friends from Microsoft. They've been
quite helpful with that kind of question in the past.

> * If not, is there any plan for a <obj> attribute like <lib> which
> would allow resolving to a single copy of test_main.obj instead of
> having a copy for each test using it?

Not for V1.

> * Is there some completely different way to solve the problem that I
> have overlooked?

Not that I know of.

-Dave