I found a solution using simple preprocessor instructions.
http://stackoverflow.com/a/12397886/350106
Cheers,
Andrew Pennebaker
www.yellosoft.us
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Andrew Pennebaker
<andrew.penneba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Am I correct in assuming that gcc/MinGW builds on top of Cygwin?
> Because I'm having trouble getting gcc to recognize
> __attribute__((weak)) in Windows, where the exact same C source code
> compile just fine with gcc in an ordinary Unix (Mac OS X as it
> happens) environment.
>
> I love how you can bundle a framework and CLI in the same Perl script,
> by using unless(caller) { main; }. For lack of a better name, I've
> started calling this behavior scriptedmain. Here's a Perl script
> example (https://github.com/mcandre/scriptedmain/tree/master/perl).
>
> I want to be able to do the same thing in C, and with help from
> StackOverflow I've gotten working C code to do just that, in Unix.
> Unfortunately, the C code
> (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12395130/trouble-using-scriptedmain-in-mingw)
> doesn't compile in Windows, because gcc/MinGW and gcc/Strawberry Perl
> fail to recognize __attribute__((weak)) syntax. Is there another way I
> can rewrite my code for MinGW's gcc so that it compiles and works like
> the Perl scriptedmain? Or can we add __attribute__((weak)) to MinGW's
> gcc lexicon?
>
> I will also be asking the Strawberry Perl project about their gcc in
> case some minor configuration tweak can get this working.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew Pennebaker
> www.yellosoft.us
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