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to: Gary Chambers
from: Ed Becker
date: 1994-11-30 22:48:52
subject: Compiler NON-Specific

Hello Gary!

Replying to a message of Gary Chambers to All:

 GC> Hello All!

 GC> Now that I've finished a small part (the low-level stuff) of my door
 GC> creation toolkit, I'm concerned about whether or not the DLL's will
 GC> be able to be used by other compilers.  What should I do to ensure
 GC> that everyone, no matter what compiler, will be able to call
 GC> everything without a hitch?

The only problem I have ever run across personally is with structure
packing.  IBM Cset defaults to packing on boundaries (I believe).  I always
have to tell it to pack structures on 1 byte bounderies otherwise things
get a bit bungled.  

Ed Becker
1:3618/7{at}fidonet
ebecker{at}ibm.net (internet)

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