Subj : Re: a problem porting an application from linux to windows, oh the
To   : comp.programming
From : moi
Date : Wed Jun 29 2005 03:52 pm

Igor Kaplounenko wrote:
> moi wrote:
>>> Igor Kaplounenko wrote:
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>>>> fem_meshmodule.o : warning LNK4217: locally defined symbol __iob
>>>> imported in function _f2py_rout_fem_mesh_p_calcline
>>>> fortranobject.o : warning LNK4049: locally defined symbol __iob 
>>>> imported
>>>>
>>>> This would seem ominous if I actually knew what __iob is.  I got the
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>>>
>>> __iob is probably an array of FILE structs built to simulate the
>>> Fortran I/O blocks.
>>>

> hmm, but what would cause it to be imported once it's locally defined?
> 
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>> NB: your __iob seems to have a *double* underscore. Linker?
> 
> microsoft toolkit linker

No, I meant: possibly one of the steps could have prepended a second 
underscore somewhere in the process.

About the error-message: could it be that a local __iob has shadowed a 
public one ? Or another duplicate defined error, hidden by the 
"incremental linker" ? You could investigate by checking (all) the 
objects' symboltables ;-[

Just some thoughts,
AvK

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