Re: [aspell-devel] What needs to be done for next release?

[Gary Setter]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christoph Hintermüller"
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [aspell-devel] What needs to be done for next
release?


> Hi
> Am Freitag, 21. Januar 2005 08:09 schrieb Kevin Atkinson:
> >
> > Well a lot of C API code is generated so it will be necessary
to modify
> > the mk-src script.  I will not accept a patch that only
modifies the
> > generated files.  Perhaps it will be best to describe the
changes needed
> > and let me modify the script and send you a patch to try.
> >
> Are you talking about the __declspec(import/export)  stuff. If
not so forget
> this mail.
>
> Looking into other project i'm on which have to deal with
differences between
> linux/unix and windows solved the API import export stuff by
providing an API
> headerfile which looks like as follows
> -----------------------snip-------------------------
>  #ifndef ASPELL_WIN_DLL_API_H
> #define ASPELL_WIN_DLL_API_H
>
> #ifdef _WIN32
> #  ifdef ASPELL_EXPORTS
> #     define ASPELL_API __declspec(dllexport)
> #  else
> #     define ASPELL_API __declspec(dllimport)
> #  endif
> #else
> #   define ASPELL_API
> #endif
>
> #endif
>
> ------------------------snip-----------------------------
> This file is included by  all header files directly
contributing to the API
> and the class and function definitions which are part of the
API look like as
> follows.
>
> class ASPELL_API classname : .....
> ASPELL_API void somemfunc
>
>
> This solution would imho be the easiest to implement within
automatic
> generation as the api code generator only has to properly add
the ASPELL_API
> macro to the entire function and class definitions. And in
addition to that
> the above AspellAPI has to be generated. Which can be
hardcoded.
>
> The only thing to determine is if it suffices to define the
ASPELL_API macro
> only if aspell itself is built or not or more logic it would be
to define it
> unless aspell is built when looking at __declspec(import) and
> __declspec(export)?
> cu
> Xris

Hi Chris,
Keep in mind that you can choose to make the aspell lib as a
static lib, in which case ASPELL_API should be null.
Other then that I agree with what you said.
Gary